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For layoffs, severance is common.

For other terminations .... there should be a performance improvement plan in place and you should have seen it coming for a long time.

Only the most severe, egregious situations should result in a off-the-cuff, surprising firing.

[I'm not saying that everyone lives up to this standard, but it's the way it should be.]




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