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Why would being remote mater? If a typical on-site situation would involve HR and your manager bringing you into an office to tell you, I'd assume a remote situation would be the same, just over a video call instead of having to walk down to an office. It shouldn't really take any more time.

Tell your employees as soon as the idea pops into your head, and make sure they know there'll be something in it for them if they stick around until then. A layoff in nine months gives people time to plan.

Sort of a moot point though. Laying off spooled-up knowledge workers is probably the stupidest thing you could do if you're creating software and not investment opportunities.

Soon we shall see headlines of AI HR personnel being deployed to appropriately 'therapise the employees and mentor them for future opportunities' and HR companies which coordinate them for you. The second extreme that follows is one where we do away with HR and operate on a perfectly managed gig market where you will be hired and fired automatically!