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Here is the 'cruel and psychotic and ridiculous' way BuzzFeed let HuffPost staffers know if they were laid off

BuzzFeed, which recently completed its acquisition of HuffPost, announced today that it is laying off 47 employees in order to “fast-track the path to profitability” for HuffPost:

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They’re reportedly closing the Canada operation and will discuss shrinking UK and Australia:

But it’s *how* BuzzFeed let these employees know that’s being criticized as well. According to GQ’s Laura Bassett, HuffPost staffers “were invited to a meeting with the password ‘spring is here'” and then told if “they didn’t receive an email by 1” they still had a job:

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Bassett went on to call this “cruel and psychotic and ridiculous”:

Well, at least BuzzFeed didn’t put the layoff notice in listicle form:

As in, “spring cleaning”?

BuzzFeed is also being criticized for firing international workers with visas:

It’s not a good look, that’s for sure:

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