Employee fired via web meeting by an executive she never met along with colleague finds out her boss didn’t know she was losing 2 team members: ‘my boss told us she wasn’t aware of any meetings with upper management’

The corporate world has many tricks up its sleeve: the pointless meeting, the reply-all email chain, and the mysterious lunch thief. But one of its true masterpieces is turning employee termination into a stealth operation that would make seasoned samurai proud. It's like they're following a "How to Traumatize Your Staff" handbook, complete with appendices on maximum psychological impact.

Gone are the days when getting fired meant a somber chat with your boss and a cardboard box for your desktop succulent. Now it's all about the surprise calendar invite from an executive you've never met—like getting a party invitation from a stranger, except instead of cake, you get unemployment. The modern layoff comes with exciting features like sudden digital exile: one minute you're a tech-savvy laborer checking Slack, the next you're checking the job listing section of a newspaper like you're a real-life black-and-white photograph. Locked out faster than someone who forgot their Facebook password.

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