People already being told. Meeting invites starting to be sent as well.
Here we go, friends.
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Got mine tonight....in Alpharetta.
I know this sort of thing is tough for a lot of people. Especially those that have never gone through it. I for one have been impacted by layoff rounds more than once in my career. All three enterprise-sized companies I worked before here have gone through the same thing. This is not uncommon and will happen every now and then. I am actually no longer even able to care of or if I get hit again. I've come to accept this as part of a somewhat normal for-profit business practice.
Sure, I know my words won't help many people, but I would be happy if at least 1 person reading this realizes that the problem is not the company, and that this should not be such a surprise, no matter where you work. I've learned to consider it a possibility. Always.
Besides the times I was impacted in the past, I have "survived" at least 7 or 8 similar rounds in my career, and one thing that seems to make a difference is to be part of an extremely valuable, almost irreplaceable, small team, and work extremely hard and smart. When you are part of a team with those qualities, the business gets more affected by letting you go than by keeping you on the payroll. So that increases your chances of being safe, in case it's not just a matter of saving money, but also, not losing money by getting rid of the wrong people. When the business looks further ahead of just the payroll number, 95% of the time, teams like this remain untouched.
For those of you that are not in peace with the possibility getting laid off, think about this... If you love what you do, you work hard, and smart, leaving one employer allows you to get a new one. If you are valuable, any company that hires you will be lucky. Not the other way around. You are not lucky for working in any particular place. They are lucky to have you with them.
This is so true, that I can only think of one more thing to say... Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Change the world. Don't let the world change you.
If you didn't get an invitation yet in FTL, you are safe for now.
got an invite to meet in the raleigh annex - i'm def. gone
That means you are safe tonight.
I am in FTL and haven't received any email so far. Does that mean i'm safe?
Some people getting that same invite but from other managers (not even their own). Surprised there was not an announcement. Is the plan to lay off all these people and then act like nothing happened? smh
Mine was from my manager it is generic wanting to talk about something later in the week.
not sure if this is a reasonable request - can someone post what's in the email (i left in 2015)
Mine said "Touching Base", too. I was let go three months ago.
My meeting invite said "Touching base"
What's the subject for invites in FTL?
Invite for “Business update” from upper management here in Raleigh to the sales team was just sent out
Nothing in FTL yet
FTL. Can confirm.
All hands for UK Engineering tomorrow at 10am.... Good luck to everyone. Try not to stress, if the worst happens, keep calm, formulate a plan and focus on that.
In FTL, MDX architect and director were let go.
Nothing in FTL
Emails from HR or from managers? Do tell...
Location?
Location ? Is this is how normally it goes down ?