I finally picked between an all staff email and a Slack post for our layoff news, and the Slack route blew up in my face

Anna Webb · 2026-10-08T04:00:03.311196+00:00

Last Tuesday our HR lead told me to break the news about 40 cuts to the whole company, and I had to choose between one big email or a short Slack message with a link. I went with Slack because it felt faster and more personal, and within 20 minutes a screenshot was on Reddit and a reporter from Bloomberg was emailing our press line. My boss pulled me into a call at 4pm and said the email would have at least kept it contained. Has anyone else had to pick between those two and actually gotten it right?

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I finally picked between an all staff email and a Slack post for our layoff news, and the Slack route blew up in my face | Corporate Comms - Rigidtalk