We talked about the psychological impact of unexpected involuntary redundancy in
Brainfood Live Ep183, and it seems that the suddenness of being cut off has a disproportionate impact on how the affected employee feels about. Google’s redundancy package was actually
extraordinarily generous, but it was the below par expectation setting and off boarding that produced the typical outcry. Interestingly, the phenomenon of
day-in-the-life TikTokers give us direct insight into the psychology. This
thoughtful post from a current Googler finds the balance between competing priorities of company security vs employee empathy, avoiding the dual temptations of defensiveness or condemnation.