Layoffs seem to be pretty random. Are they following any general criteria about who'll be laid off and who'll be spared?
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A few days before being laid off, my ex manager moved an employee from his clique to the team even though there was not enough work for everyone, so my position didn't disappear, but he made it disappear.
There is only one criteria for being laid off...
You have to be an employee!
If you meet that, you are on the block.
@ap yes..yes they never allowed me to be part of there clique and was based on ethnicity.
@em agree, I was one of those though salary was low. Mgr kept me out of her clique due to age and eventually laid off...
@bs nothing new...its been like this for ages
@OP If you are an older employee, at or near top of pay band, not part of a management clique, not a minority, you are at risk.
Criteria is decided by your manager
My guess is they have all the names in the payroll system (minus the upper crusties) ported into something like this - https://wheelofnames.com/
Cost Center. Everything is linked to that.
@a4 Oracle will learn in the hard way. Give few more months and see how the customers are dissatisfied wit inefficiency and lack of response.
Plain am simple. if you aren't part of the clique, you are out. Brownie points if you are over 50 and from different ethnicity as your manager and manager's manager.
@a4 good for the company...O never cared for Customers...so don't worry about Customer support contracts...AI agents will take care of that.. Just relax and stay as long as they keep you or if you are tech superstar get a better job before they lay you off.
@a6 yup..start daytrading after layoff ..try paper trading first.
Why do you want to know the criteria? Smart people often ask that because they hope to find a way to work the system. But honestly, there are no fixed rules. It all depends on numerous changing factors. Companies rarely tell you in advance what’s coming so you can prepare. In my opinion, the only real way to avoid getting laid off is to own your own business. That way, we’ll never face a layoff again. Also remember, high returns come with high risks, and low returns come with low risk. There’s no such thing as high returns with low risk.
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If there's a criteria, I don't understand it... I'm on a services Org, we have customer contracts we need to deliver, and people are slowly being let go, and crucially a few resigning as well and not getting a replacement. Morale goes down, people are overwhelmed with work, and they will resign further... And so on...