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How teams navigate unspoken tensions after layoffs

Our team went through layoffs six months ago and we've all just been heads-down getting through it, but there's this unspoken tension about who stayed and why, and whether we're okay with how our company handled it, and I don't think any of us know what the others are really thinking.

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A group of colleagues are avoiding the moral and practical questions raised by surviving a workplace crisis together.

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