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Layoff plan writer
Describe the cuts you must make. Get a decision check, a manager script and a company announcement.
Layoff plan writer is a free AI skill for the job "Lead and manage people". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: advanced · Thinking: high
What it does
A layoff handled badly harms the people who leave, the people who stay and the name of the business for years. Common mistakes are waiting once the choice is made, blaming staff, letting people learn from a group message and leaving managers without words. This skill checks your own thinking first: is the cut needed and final. It then sets the timing, writes the reason as the company's plan not meeting reality, ties each cut to a capability you will not need, and sets support in numbers. It trains managers to tell their own people in person, drafts the company message to go first, and writes what the people who stay need to hear.
You give it
- What happened and how much you must save
- Roles or teams at risk and how many people each
- The support you can afford: pay weeks, health cover, equity, equipment, job help
- Your cash position and any legal rules you must follow (optional)
You get
- A decision check that says if the cut is needed and final
- A reason for each cut tied to a capability, not to a person
- A manager script for one-to-one talks
- A company message that owns the decision, and a note for those who stay
Use it when
- Cash or demand has dropped and you may have to cut roles.
- You have decided to cut and need the words and the order of events.
- You want a check on your reasoning before you act.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Describe what happened, the roles at risk and what you can offer.
- Answer its decision check honestly before it writes anything.
- Check the plan with a lawyer or HR adviser for your country before acting.
- Send the company message only after the managers are ready to talk.