Going viral as an example of how NOT to communicate to your employees that more than 12,000 of them are going to be let go, is Stephen Elop's, "Hello there," memo:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement2.aspx
Prediction: the phrase "pink slip" will be replaced by "'Hello there' memo", as in "They just gave me a 'Hello there' memo!"
Elop is Microsoft's EVP for Devices & Services, and was previously CEO of Nokia.
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