Any info on the next round? I hate holding my breath every year when it starts happening. Just me?
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@OP TDS folks are scared that VPs might sacrifice some of the good folks to save their buddies. Success of new CIO will depend on whether he can separate weeds out.
A handful in central quality and regulatory
@12w yes the week of September 28 several position eliminations have occurred primary in corporate functions in flks ..
Anyone heard of any layoffs this week?
@qy Yes, remote workers will get a meeting invite the morning of the day they’re told. As far as I’ve been told, it’s usually a meeting between the person and manager +1 to avoid an unpleasant confrontation. No HR person in attendance.
@px That's crazy. I'd heard of meetings but not email notifications. And yeah, I wonder what the circumstances are around that because I do know of remote employees being laid off in meeting invites.
@qg happens in most cases these days except with manufacturing / plant. It's quite unlikely for all three - affected employee, manager and HR partner to be on-site or if on-site at the same location.
@px I'm guessing this is a quick and dirty way to layoff remote employees. No logistics to clearing a desk and escorting from the building.
@nq I don't think they follow this layoff procedure every time. I have heard that some people were notified via email without any meeting.
@nq order of operations and communications is correct. Same also exists when there's a reorg with no job impact except people around.
@jw you will receive a meeting invite from your manager or higher with subject saying something like “organizational update” on the morning of the day you’re released. At the meeting, your manager will then read from a script saying your role has been eliminated and will ask if you have any questions. You will then be asked to pack up and leave. In some cases depending on your role, you may be given a termination date in the future so there’s time to transition to someone else. They’re very careful to say as little as possible in the meeting to avoid any issues. Remember, HR’s ONLY purpose is to protect the company, not the employee! And the issuance of WARN letters is by no means a reliable indicator of upcoming layoffs. If they don’t issue the letter within a certain timeframe, they just pay additional severance to those layed off. A good indicator of impending layoffs is if your HR director suddenly is seen in the building meeting with VPs and managers and if they’re all pulled into meetings together. :-)
How do layoffs work? It’s an HR meeting invite? And how much notice do they give you, like same day an invite appears and you’re gone that day?
@hh warn notices are for larger layoffs. Google it
There are currently no WARN notices filed - so no "mass" layoffs per se, but that doesn't mean NO layoffs......
@a8 any insight, or just best guess based on the fact that that wraps up the fiscal year?
@a8 promise? lol
@a8 where?
Next week. Monday-Wednesday