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"You'll never guess what happened. Hit me up to find out more" if it works for headlines, why not messages to your co-workers?
Great. Clickbait meeting announcements, just the thing we need to reach the next level in this game of Corporate Dystopia.
I write back "Hi", and then then I sit there waiting...
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"You'll never guess what happened. Hit me up to find out more" if it works for headlines, why not messages to your co-workers?
"Three things you don't know about your future. yet. see me at 4 for more details"
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This feels like the area of advice where you can probably concoct a narrative that supports any particular day of the week. :D
You fire on Wednesday because that lets them have a long weekend to relax. Promote on Saturday so that they're not distracted on a workday.
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What difference does a Friday have vs a Monday if the person isn’t comming back to the office? Maybe your remembering giving as news on a Friday so it gets lost by the media over the weekend?
I'd consider it more of a respectful gesture to the person being laid off so that they have the weekend to take it all in so they're able to start their job search on Monday and make the most of the next week, should they be in a situation where they need to.
Infact its better to get laid off early in the week, now you can do other tasks that are easier to do mid week as opposed to the weekend.
The person laid off can "take things in" just as easily mid week as they can on the weekend.
> When you’re communicating with your team, lead with context and reassurance. Never message someone on your team, “let’s talk when you get a minute”. That’s void of information and scary as heck! This should be engraved on a plaque in every office building.
There’s a pretty simple fix for this too: “do you have a moment to talk about ____”? And if it’s benign, you can just say “I want to ask about ____”. These days when you have chat as an alternative to saying it out loud with other people around, you can afford to tell someone what negative thing is coming: “hey when you have a moment let’s talk about how you handled _____”. Then they know what’s coming. It might be u…