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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

TechCrunch LA

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.

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Three questions to answer about your COVID response

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here… ] DURING THIS CRISIS: Having no plan is like having a bad plan. Are you salespeople making few if any sales because your prospective customers are distracted by their own problems? Are you salespeople making few if any sales because your prospective customers are distracted by their own problems?

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Take advantage of the good times to build stakeholder loyalty.

Berkonomics

If there is no closer connection to the corporation, when times are tough for any reason, it is these employees that make it tough for management to gain understanding and consent for actions that must be made such as missing payrolls, making layoffs, or abandoning pre-announced plans. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

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Have you made the mistake of hiring too soon?

Berkonomics

Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. Well, you may not be alone. The balance between preparedness and cost.

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Communications Via Text Send Only Part Of The Message

Startup Professionals Musings

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. As well, email volume just continues to increase. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity.

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Source: Adaptec Shutting Down Lake Forest Site

socalTECH

No details on the shutdown have been given, and Adaptec has not returned emails and phone calls requesting confirmation of the move. Tags: adaptec jobs layoff employment orange county lake forest. Adaptec moved into Lake Forest in August of 2008, when it acquired Aristos Logic , a developer of RAID chips and technology.

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Sell when growth is high, even if cash flow is low.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] But this too is an overly simplistic view. Usually leading up to the time positive cash flow is initially reached, the management team is not taking a market wage, payables are stretched, and any slowing of receivables collections would likely cause layoffs.

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