Company lays off employee, wants to throw a farewell party for them: 'Genuinely don’t know how to feel or react to this'

When you are laid off from a job, how do you expect them to treat you?

Layoffs are a huge part of work culture these days. It feels like every time I open LinkedIn, I'm seeing someone write a lengthy goodbye post from their job. If you work in certain industries long enough, you're bound to experience this at some point in your career. But there are a million ways it can go, from inconvenient to emotionally devastating. Zippia reports that "40% of Americans [have been] laid off at least once.' It's a common thing, but that doesn't mean it's easy to deal with at all. It can totally upend your life, especially if it's coming out of the blue. It can leave you at sea and make it very hard to find your footing. But the company that is doing the layoffs can make it easier for you if they so choose. They can provide a generous severance package; they can let you stay on the health insurance for longer, and they can offer references for future employment. Not every company does this, and it can speak a lot to the way they respect or don't respect their employees. The person in this story, though, had an interesting experience with that.