General layoffs should be handled with tact, according to experts Related content Showing a poor employee the door Firing an employee who isn't doing his or her job can be tough enough; firing several otherwise good employees because of financial restraints is another matter altogether. That was the situation ASAE found itself in last year after it decided to cut about 6 percent of its roughly 160-employee workforce to outsource its member services functions. How did the organization handle it? Employees who were to be let go were told two weeks ahead of time, at the same time as the rest of the staff, according to ASAE Chief Administrative Officer Robert Skelton.… Read More