Intel bloodlessly dumps 12,000 employees
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Intel bloodlessly dumps 12,000 employees

ByJosh Bernoff

Intel just announced a “restructuring.” The email to employees from CEO Brian Krzanich is very clear, but something’s missing: humanity and responsibility. Here’s the email with the weaselly parts highlighted (and yes, there are fewer of them than in many emails of this type).   E-mail to Employees by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Subject: Today’s Announcement Date: April 19, 2016…

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter layoff email shows the value of honesty

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter layoff email shows the value of honesty

ByJosh Bernoff

Days after taking over as Twitter’s permanent CEO, Jack Dorsey has laid off 336 people. You could learn a lot from the straightforward, honest, and sensitive way he tells his company about it. The corporate layoff is a communications trap for leaders. It makes them insecure, so they they adopt HR bullshit and talk about “reduction in force”,…