Schwab likes to preach concepts like being a 'Schwamily' but hardly anyone reached out after I was laid off. That made a bad situation feel worse. Reach out to your coworkers and check up on them, it could be you one day.
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Do not be afraid to reach out. And it may have been convenient for you but may have been real to them. Old Scottrade and TD have reached out but not that fake cult schwamilie or whatever they call it. Blessing in disguise; can’t stand the abusive cult.
Any company where a lot of employees are married to another employee, is a sad place.
Why would you expect them to reach out?
Maybe they assumed you are a smart person, saved when it was time, kept your self confidence and so you should soon find another gig.
I generally don't reach out to those that were laid off. It just doesn't feel right to do so. It's like they have disease. I am just glad it wasn't me, and just move on.
All corporate family are Pervert by definition .
But once you're gone you aren't part of the Schwamily anymore.
They stopped caring about me. I stopped caring about them. It’s more of reflection on them than you. Move on.
Phony is what we all mostly are at work. We have to be respectful to each other, but that doesn't mean we have to be friends outside of work. I'm sure there are people that you connect with and become friends outside of work with, but for the most part work friends are just that...work friends. Where do you draw the line?
If they canned my *** and they didn't reach out to me, I wouldn't go on a website complaining about how they never reached out. Who cares?
The schwabbies are as cutthroat and phony as they get with few exceptions. The handful who reached out to me after being laid off in October were the ones who always demonstrated class.
People with the exact opposite attitude as yours is what makes companies a good place to work. Glad I’m not your coworker.
What on earth is wrong with y’all? You honestly believe most people care about you outside of work? Why do you think no one likes RTO. We just want to do our jobs and that’s it. Forced social interaction with people you couldn’t care less about is exhausting. Then you have people like you who think it’s some kind of authentic connection. What a bunch of weirdos. Worry about your friends and family outside of work. Not whether Frank and John from work sent you a text or email giving you sympathy.
People need to not forget where they came from. As fast as they might have climbed the ladder one step and they can be brought down a few rungs. Never forget your old coworkers as some are good people.
You’re spot on. I’ve experienced the same thing. People are either afraid to talk to you for fear they will “get in trouble” or they’re just completely self-absorbed. It’s disgusting. I was very good friends with someone who couldn’t bother to even call me after it happened. They act like you have the plague. That’s one of the worst parts of being laid off and I’ve heard it from others too.
I guess the are to busy being spoiled, entitled employees who are very eating popcorn and drinking out of one of the 100 travel mugs the place gave them while watching 3 hour movies at work about what a wonderful place it is while complaining about RTO.
Then they go about their day scheming how they can influence gullible, out of touch leaders who aren’t located anywhere near their giant teams (and only choose to speak to 5 people on their team) to get rid of next in order to save their own jobs. And so it goes…
It’s all a big joke. Karma will catch up to them.
Read Office Politics.
Never Trust or Share anything whom you work with .
Make Sure next time you donot make same mistake you made this time.
Across my career I’ve watched people lose LinkedIn connections, get ghosted and otherwise ignored post RIF. You may have work friends, but work friends can be more about convenience than bond.
Work is work. I honestly can’t remember names of people I spent a decade working with. Some were friends. And while I never cut anyone out and offered to help many, the reality is that convenience wins over etiquette.
If you are one impacted this week, I apologize you feel like that. One individual I have heard was eliminated, I plan to reach out but I wanted to give them a few days to grieve. Best wishes to you.