While technology now allows for virtual layoffs, the heartlessness of 2008 remains intact. Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter and Google are among the companies subscribing to the same cruel approach in their recent job cuts.
As I walked to my car from class recently, I found myself experiencing déjà vu. A student in my MBA class at San Jose State University was distraught after being laid off from a Silicon Valley tech company in a Zoom call. After working there for 17 years, she was instantaneously cut off from all connections at the company.
I saw the same level of shock, pain, anger and disbelief as