Dear Coach,
If you knew your co-worker was going to be laid off, should you say anything to them?
Signed, Keeping it on the DL
Dear Friend~
If you’ve come into this information via some sort of confidentiality then I strongly suggest against sharing this information. However, if you happened to find out accidently or something then I’m not so opposed to this. Of course you don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but you also don’t want your co-worker to go buy a big boat when he’ll soon be out of a job. At the same time you don’t want to get into trouble because he freaks out over this when he isn’t even supposed to know yet. If your intent is to help him out then go for it. Just be wise in deciding to do it. Make sure you won’t be putting your job at jeopardy by sharing this information. Also, don’t do it via company email; it’ll be too easy to trace back to you.
Much Love,
Your coach
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This happened to me once and although I wanted to tell this lady she was being let go I knew I could lose my job. I kept quiet and am glad I did. It got ugly and I was not in the middle of it. Best to keep quiet even if it is a friend. It was not an easy thing to do but in my best interest. I struggled with this but ultimately realized I made the best move for myself. I left the company shortly after that I didn't like what I saw going on.
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