Layoffs Require Transparency, Honesty

“People tweet, people blog, people text. You are going to have a completely transparent workplace at all times. You can’t really spin it,” says a former Yahoo HR head. Companies are finding it best to announce their bad news before social media gets a hold of it; when Yahoo laid off 1,500 employees last year, it was all over Twitter, including at least one post from an affected employee: “as of now, I am independently employed.