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		<title>AOL is doing layoffs the wrong way</title>
		<dateCreated>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:59:21 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
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		<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:59:21 GMT" ctSaves="4" flPreview="false" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="941" text="AOL is doing layoffs the wrong way" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/12/aolIsDoingLayoffsTheWrongW.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.42" versionServer="0.42" whenLastSave="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:31:46 GMT">
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:52:11 GMT" pgfnum="6146" text="I've done big layoffs twice in my career, and it's the worst experience ever, but sometimes you don't have a choice. "></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:53:04 GMT" pgfnum="6147" text="But if you do it right, it can have a positive effect on the organization. Here's how that works."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:53:28 GMT" pgfnum="6148" text="You prepare for the layoffs quickly and quietly. Then one morning you do them. All of them. And then have a company meeting and you tell the people that that was it. No more layoffs. You're on the team. And then have a good story about how you're going to lead them to prosperity. "></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:54:43 GMT" pgfnum="6149" text="If you let the right people go, everyone will know. There's always fat in an organization and the people know where it is. The question is, do &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; know. If you cut badly you probably just blew your chance for recovery."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:55:21 GMT" pgfnum="6150" text="And you don't want to do what AOL is doing. Week after week cutting off limbs. So that everyone inside the company is thinking they're next. So the smart ones look for new jobs in earnest. By the time you get around to looking for the next place to cut, all you'll find are the ones who didn't get offers elsewhere. You just lost."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:56:40 GMT" pgfnum="6151" text="You gotta do it quick and you have to be right about who you let go."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:59:28 GMT" pgfnum="6153" text="Dragging it out is no good."></outline>
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