Those of you who have been let go this year, how did it happen?
A) A call out of the blue from HR People Center?
B) A suddenly scheduled meeting with members of your management chain?
C) A mystery chat request on Teams?
D) A tap on the shoulder while in the office?
If you have been there for over 5 years wait for the payout (if you can) otherwise get out and ensure you are paid for the work you do. I was at Sh*t Show & Calamity for over 5 years and got paid.
If you are new and just starting out a great place to learn how not to do things, get experience and then move on to somewhere better (which is pretty much anywhere else..)
Don't do as some of my colleagues did (and still do..) stay and take sh*t daily from management who have no emotional intelligence, technical competence and regard for more than their next project and have a daily dread when logging on every Monday to more of the same.
Take them to court collectively!
JR’s nasty, clueless chief of staff read straight from the usual script after a last-minute meeting request was sent out. The real question is, is she still working her way through that little hate list of hers?
@d1 and what was the process after that - how long after that call did you know what was happening etc?
The only warning I had was a all-hands call a month or so prior where the global guys were telling us about layoffs. No real information. I was on a small team working on one of the most profitable applications in the portfolio so I was a little bit surprised.
An unexpected call with Head of Department and HR, sat and listened to HoD sing off a hymn sheet (bad cop) with HR being the good cop, you will then get an offer letter of severance which you will need to have ratified by an external solicitor of your choosing then go on garden leave until the payment comes through on the next salary run
C - morning meeting
A request in office (will you come with me) by a manager that I never talk to.
A call out of the blue from My manager