Shutting down is a subset of reasons for mass layoffs. They are not equivalent.

Disregarding that, it's not very different. What is the implication you're making? That it's good because it's common?

> Shutting down is a subset of reasons for mass layoffs.

Not shutting down the company, but shutting down a division. The reasons are almost always the same.

> Disregarding that, it's not very different. What is the implication you're making? That it's good because it's common?

Having been at a company that had several rounds of layoffs over several years, I can assure you there's no way to do a layoff were people won't complain (and the complaints can be quite petty).

In the last round, it was the manager scheduling calls to let people know. He scheduled them over two days (not enough hours in the day to do everyone). We're all in a team meeting (without the manager), and random people are just piping up "Oh wow. I just got a meeting request." Each of them knew they were getting laid off just by the mere fact of getting a calendar invite. So they have to spend the rest of the day waiting to formally hear what they already know when their time comes.

I dunno. Not saying it's worse than what this CEO did, but I can't see it being better either.