Expert: Tech industry layoffs are copycat behavior
Layoffs literally kill people, says professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. And lack evidence-based justification.
Source: futurity.org
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Layoffs literally kill people, says professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. And lack evidence-based justification.
As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried. Research – by him, and others – has shown that the stress layoffs create takes a devastating toll on behavioral and physical health and increases mortality and morbidity substantially. Layoffs literally kill people, he said.