You may know the story of Braden Wallake, who laid off two (yes, 2) employees at some joint called “HyperSocial” and then cried on LinkedIn about it. Reaction was generally swift and fierce, with most people alluding to it as “performative,” which indeed it is. This all caused The New York Times to write an article entitled “When Your Boss Is Crying, but You’re the One Being Laid Off.” This is actually a…
