business · Claude · free
Draft a layoff communication playbook for [COMPANY] cutting [N]% of headcount. Sequence: 72 hours before: exec team alignment, 1:1 script for managers, legal & severance ready Day of morning: all hands announcement (script + Q&A), individual 1:1 sequence, severance packaging Same day: customer comms, investor comms, public comms if needed Week after: remaining team town hall (the "why we're still here" talk), roadmap reset Deliver: The all hands script (300 words, first person, no HR jargon) The 1:1 conversation template for a manager delivering the news Common questions with honest answers The 5 things founders always get wrong (blaming market, over promising it's the last cut, silence after) This has to be humane and clear. Ambiguity is cruel.
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