After reassuring all global colleagues that no job losses would be made during the coronavirus pandemic, Rover.com fired 195 people on one pre-recorded video call. Access to slack and emails were removed as the words 'you have lost your job' were uttered, so you could not even wrap up projects and say goodbye to colleagues.
To add salt to the wound? A press article about the redundancies went live 5 minutes later, before our redundancy letters were even received. This included 'heartfelt' quotes from the CEO, who we have not heard a word from.
Subsequent company announcements explained to the employees who were not let go, that the business made the decision not to use its financial reserves to keep jobs, as this money is there for 'profit-driving activities'. Wow.
