Calling BS on How Companies Are Terminating Employees During Coronavirus

Coronavirus has taken its toll on companies around the globe. The best description we have heard is a Marvel reference to Thanos’ snap. Within a blink of an eye, companies are failing, freezing hiring, and layoff millions of staff. In fact, we are hitting record numbers of unemployment claims. It’s a VERY hard time for everyone. But, during these times, we should lead more with our hearts than with our employee manuals and HR processes. 

Layoffs are happening via voicemails on a Sunday, without similar care, these same companies took to onboard these folks, and with zero empathy. We are here to call BS and provide ways companies can make hard decisions in a way that is authentic, transparent, and filled with lots of care and empathy. 

LaToya Lyn

LaToya Lyn is an HR leader with a deep passion for people within the workplace. She has a dual master's in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Brooklyn College, and her professional experience spans from executive coaching to driving organizational changes and culture transformations for technology companies globally. She's contributed to the world of cognitive neuroscience, including adult learning theories and animal research. LaToya is also a 4x National DisruptHR presenter, ThinkHuman reoccurring contributor, and a recent Harvard University and MIT executive education.