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Layoff Communication
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-29
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-crisis
Plan and write the communications for a layoff or restructure with clarity and dignity. Use when asked to communicate a layoff, write a RIF/redundancy announcement, prepare manager talking points for letting people go, or plan workforce-reduction comms. Produces a comms package — sequencing plan, the all-hands/company message, the affected-employee message, a manager guide with talking points, a staying-team message, and an external/press holding line.
What to give it
▸The decision — scale, which teams/roles, and the timing.
▸The why — the honest business reason (be specific, not euphemistic).
▸Support offered — severance, benefits continuation, outplacement, references.
▸Logistics — how/when affected people are told, access timing, and who delivers each message.
▸Constraints — legal/regulatory requirements and approvals (flag for counsel).
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Affected people are told first, individually, and with dignity — never by mass email or last
✓The business reason is stated honestly and specifically, not in euphemism
✓Support (severance, benefits, outplacement, references) is concrete and clear
✓Managers have actual words and answers, not just "be empathetic"
✓The staying team gets honesty and direction, not forced positivity
✓Every legally sensitive element is flagged for HR/legal review
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not hide behind euphemism ("rightsizing", "graduating talent") — name it plainly and humanely
Do not let affected people learn via the all-hands, press, or rumour — sequence individuals first
Do not use passive voice to dodge accountability — leadership owns the decision
Do not over-promise or give false hope about reversal or rehire
Do not treat this as legal advice — flag jurisdiction-specific obligations for counsel
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
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