[Fiction question] HR reps: what are your thoughts about outprocessing laid-off workers?

— Telling people they’re being laid off
— Conducting an exit interview

(Presumably those two events are separated in time, but—maybe not?)

Have you had to do this? Or did you use outside consultants?

Is it depressing? Do you get hardened to it?

What’s the most important thing to keep in mind when you do it? protecting the company? If so, how do you do that?

How do most people behave during the exit interview? What extreme reactions have you seen?

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