Manage Her Out So the Company Doesn’t Pay $200,000 in Severance - Prayer Before Work

Prayer Before Work · Nov 4, 2026 · 4m · transcript

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Meet Susan. Twenty years at the company, seven of them reporting to the same manager. Strong reviews every year. Two well-earned promotions. Then new leadership arrives, and suddenly it’s layoffs, offshoring, and cost cutting everywhere.

Here’s the catch: where this company operates, letting someone go without cause means one month of severance for every year worked. For Susan, that’s more than $200,000. So the word comes down to her manager: manage her out, make her want to leave on her own. And the manager’s own bonus and next promotion are likely tied to getting…