Last Tuesday, many Amazon employees learned they were being laid off — not through a meeting or call, but via a pair of unexpected text messages. The first instructed them to “check their email before coming to work,” while a second followed shortly after, advising anyone who hadn’t received “an email message about your role” to contact the company’s help desk. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

According to Business Insider , the texts were sent soon after the official email notifications to prevent affected workers from showing up at the office, only to discover their badges had been deactivated.

Later that day, employees received a formal email from Beth Galetti, Amazon’s Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology, confirming the layoffs and outlining what would happen

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