Sullivan and Sons,a financial firm in New Jersey,has been facing financial problems for a year now and has decided to lay off a large number of their workforce to cut costs.Which of the following should they undertake to ensure an appropriate and smooth layoff procedure?
A) Fire employees through e-mails instead of oral communication so that the process is quick and hassle free
B) Share information with employees to ensure the news about layoff is not new to them
C) Avoid providing reasons for firing because it makes employees more upset
D) Avoid trying to understand how they feel because it interrupts with the layoff process
E) Create fictitious reasons for firing to prevent legal cases against the company

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If a company is in financial trouble, management needs to communicate the problem clearly. Sharing information and enlisting everyone's help in finding solutions may make it possible to save jobs. Sharing information also means that layoff notices, if they become necessary, will be a formality. They should not be new information to employees.

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