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As anyone who has ever worked in an office, or a call center, or a factory knows perfectly well, planned firings almost always happen on a Friday.
Corporations started doing this many years ago and there are as many reasons why as there are ways to fire someone. Maybe people take bad news better on a Friday, or the office is generally more empty on a Friday, making the dreaded scene easier and less embarrassing for all concerned.
Maybe it is a human resources policy of best practices; maybe it’s an accounting measure having to do with pay periods and payroll taxes.
In any case, when a wave of layoffs or firings hits the average workforce, it’s almost never a surprise to the rank and file. Usually, weeks before the axe falls and pink slips show up in paychecks, the office, or factory floor, or Slack channel is already abuzz with speculation and, possibly, betting pools, with everyone wondering, loudly and in groups, who will be the first to go.
And who will be next.
Certain words, phrases and precursors are a major tip-off: “New management,”or, “new ownership”; a, “personnel audit,” with forms asking employees- and their managers- to, “describe in detail the…