Cited on HN 3 times, 2022–2023, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Referenced as the canonical depiction of mass layoffs and canned HR scripts whenever layoffs come up.
A scene from the 2011 film Margin Call in which risk head Eric Dale is laid off by HR and hands a USB stick to a young analyst. It shows a scripted, impersonal corporate firing.
“Reminded me of this scene where Eric Dale was getting let go and HR was regurgitating canned script.” (HN, 2023)
There's a scene in the movie "Margin Call" (about the 2007-2008 financial crisis) in which most of a floor of employees in an investment bank is laid off: [this video]
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