Company lays off entire department in one fell swoop with no notice: 'We were basically scapegoated'

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  Entire office got laid off a year ago without notice.

  

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• This can be a crushing blow, even to the most secure employee. Even though no fault has been assigned to you, you might still feel like you did something wrong, and that sense of guilt can be all-consuming. Or maybe you feel anger at management for not being able to prevent this kind of situation. Either way, you probably have something to say that you hope your boss is willing to hear. You also hope that you're given some sort of cushion to fall back on when things get tough, like severance, or advanced notice. That's not what happened here. 

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• When you feel like your boss could have prevented your layoff, this can be an especially frustrating experience. You blame their mismanagement for your current misfortune. That's what was happening here, when a former employee learned some interesting context about their previous place of work. What they thought was an unfortunate happenstance ended up seeming a lot more methodical and therefore malicious. Keep reading to see what happened in this story and then let us know what you think about it in the comments below. Maybe you've been through something like this, and you have something to add to the conversation.

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