That has nothing to do with Friday vs. Monday though. A major deadline can be se...

frenchie14 on July 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: I'm going to have to lay people off, and w...

That has nothing to do with Friday vs. Monday though. A major deadline can be set any day of the week and management has to be cognizant of that in deciding when to lay off. It's likely that in your case they were, but not in the way we'd hope.