‘Layoff email was bad, LinkedIn was worse’: Employee slams VP’s ‘sad’ post, says it’s just for collecting likes

A social media post is making its rounds after an employee claimed having a “disgusting” experience following a layoff. While the initial email was a shock, the real blow came from seeing leadership post “sad” updates with heart emojis on LinkedIn just minutes later. The employee argued that these public displays of grief by executives are often a hollow branding exercise that ignores the immediate, life-altering stress faced by those actually losing their jobs.

“The layoff email was bad. LinkedIn was worse,” an employee wrote on Blind, a platform where professionals anonymously converse about their work-life challenges.