Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’::Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job, but the way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever.
My favorite is “transformation”, like the company is a fucking caterpillar turning into a butterfly just by shedding more employees.
Bruh my company did this months before layoffs. They even sent out origami paper with instructions to make butterflies. What a crock of shit.
Yeah, I have experienced the magic of the “transformation”.