I was a researcher for two years, then I became a Team Leader and for the last two years I've managed our Research and Planning department. For months there have been rumblings that the company might outsource its research, planning and forecasting departments, which are service providers to the rest of the company. Our department will begin to move out-of-house in the fall of 2017 and the department won't exist by early 2018. I will be covered with a severance package, but my employees do not have employment agreements. I can understand that but I feel that ethically I owe my teammates as much advance notice as possible that their jobs are going away.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2017 00:42 UTC