Curious if any layoffs have started happening yet? Praying for whatever is next for everyone, those who are impacted with a layoff and those who have to stay and clean up the mess left behind.
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Canaries in the coal mine.
Jeets on the railroad tracks.
@bd I know I'm preaching to the choir here -- but the HIH folks I've worked with are unable to do the most basic of tasks. Everything is a 20 person swarm where 18 of them are on mute. I feel safe for a while.
@b7 my group in PBS didn’t even wait till this layoff to get rid of some HIH. They take PIPs more seriously for offshore from what I’ve noticed.
Also icymi near shore is the new offshore, given that offshore is too slow and “expensive” (not my words). I’ve seen teams interviewing LATAM and unsure if it has to do with long term cost of offshore, as they need raises too.
It’s a sh-t show for sure.
@b7 Due to labor laws in India, this is the easiest way to get rid of the worst of the worst. Layoffs much simpler than writing these clowns up and firing them
@b2 is it just a rumor to make onshore feel better , or just a gesture so they don’t get hit by lawsuits or government investigations later?
Hearing layoffs in HIH too!
Is it still 2 weeks of severance for year served? 30 day notification meaning you get paid for 1 month before severance kicks in? Are you expected to work at all?
21 yrs of service.. no performance issues ever.. bo-m. Laid off. I feel so much lighter.
We aren't quite as bad as the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel companies. Hurrah.
@a6 There are companies that have layoffs every quarter and have done so for years. Cigna layoff schedule is rather slow comparatively speaking.
@a5 Confirming that it was indeed a layoff. 30 day notification. Seems like this round was smaller in scale and a follow up to the fallout back in Feb. After being hired during a time where I thought this role would be somewhat stable, the news feels liberating. Best of luck to everyone else!
@aj it’s happening. You just have sh-t contacts. Probably bc you’re an a-s and nobody likes you.
Haven't heard anything so far. Just fear mongering on here?
@OP they have started. People have been notified today that they are gone.
The Street must know. Stock pops this morning. But that will be short lived dead cat bounce on this tu-d company.
@a2 LOL @ BEs merry band of grim reapers. So accurate but also made me chuckle.
I had a 1:1 appear on my calendar suddenly today, panicked, and then realized it was from a person that had no power over me. So, all good.
@OP Best of luck to all affected. As difficult as it may be to go through in the short term in the long run you'll be better off to be away from such a toxic work environment. This is no way to live with the constant threat of job elimination with the whole offshore BS.
Just got a normally scheduled Thursday 1:1 moved up to late morning. Feels unusual (I thought they’d happen first thing in the morning), but I’m preparing for the worst
And so it begins. The beginning begins apace. So far no unexpected 1 on 1 meetings, but it's early. BE's merry band of Grim Reapers don't normally casually swagger in until after 9 or 10 am.