The Many Layoff Bears

DALL-E: four bears sitting around a table, playing cards from an isometric perspective in an abstract style

My company recently had layoffs.

In the spring of 2023, this is not news. Companies left and right are having layoffs. And while managing through layoffs is always an exhausting ton of work, most of the time it is relatively straight-forward. Ideally, layoffs are like the old proverb about the bear:

You don’t have to be faster than the bear to get away. You just have…