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Listening: The Morning After the Cut

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The Morning After the Cut

A weekly tech podcast covering workforce trends across Boston and London.

Listening: The Morning After the Cut — Reorganizations and layoffs

The Morning After the Cut

True or false?

Melissa is Justin's senior correspondent reporting on tech redundancies.

  • True
  • False

Amanda leads a platform engineering team in Boston.

  • True
  • False

Some companies offered outplacement services to cushion the impact.

  • True
  • False

The director who executed the layoffs kept their job through the week.

  • True
  • False

Justin notes that dual-track careers offer no absolute downside protection.

  • True
  • False

Listen again and complete the sentences

  • Melissa: It's a mixed picture, Justin. Some firms offered generous severance packages and outplacement services to ____ . But others just locked accounts overnight without warning, leaving teams in total shock.
  • Melissa: Absolutely. Amanda, a platform engineering lead in London, told me her ____ is severe because she lost half her complicated-subsystem team to attrition and sudden cuts.
  • Melissa: There is, Justin. I spoke with a senior director in Boston who spent all Monday carefully planning a ____ , deciding who to let go, and communicating transparently with their remaining reports.

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