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[-] Grippler@feddit.dk 17 points 6 months ago

We had a coworker that got fired a while back, man that was a relief for the entire department. That person was absolutely toxic to work with, or even near.

[-] SolarMech@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 months ago

That is different than for layoffs, which generally is less about rooting out toxic people and more about lowering costs. And people know it usually.

That said, anyone causing trouble for management or viewed as not pulling their weight will be the first on the list since management won't have to justify firing them.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

That's true, but if you had some 5–10% of co-workers so toxic that everyone was relieved to have them fired, things do look grim for your company in terms of morale

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Fired and laid off are different. The people who were laid off weren't let go because they were a drag on their teams or their departments, but because theoretically the company didn't have enough work for them.

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