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Letting employees go

How do you tell your team that someone has been let go?

Yssine Matola
VP of People at Semble
With 12+ years of experience working in different HR roles at tech companies, Yssine Matola has seen a lot—from lay-offs, to having to let employees go for performance reasons—and lived to tell the tale.
Yssine is passionate about this topic. Her focus is on making sure that managers understand people’s differences and reflect these when people are let go. She’s currently VP of People at Semble and Co-founder of startup HR consultancy Thriving Tribes.

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