[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

It's actually pretty common for companies to give a temporary office to laid-off employees — mainly to help them get another job.

[Cardhu]

Of course it is but this is a rather unusual layoff for a CEO who has brought serious legal problems to both the Sun and the now late News of the World.

From a company point of view this is peanuts but from a PR point of view it is unsettling in these times.