Thread regarding Thomson Reuters layoffs

"Management's heart" is an oxymoron.

@3eqj - You should definitely leave if working at TR makes you depressed. I left last summer after working there for a very long time. It was a very difficult decision but in the end I'm glad I did (I would have lost my job anyway had I stayed). I recall the company when it was growing, thriving and electric with positive energy and enthusiasm and when I left it was the opposite. Empty offices, cubicles, entire floors of our building dark and empty.

I feel depressed being at the place I hate...

Maybe I should just leave now so I can feel happier and go get another job. It’s not like I have to work for money right now...I have enough saving and my spouse make 3 times more than me. I liked making my own money but this place is causing me to be really depressed.

@3vru, maybe that's why there is now an emphasis on shorter term goals? Many people won't be around is the goals are gor an entire year! LOL

It is getting ridiculous to discuss objectives beyond 9 months. Not even my manager thinks she is going to be around after Oct. How do you think people can be productive in this atmosphere.

Quite honestly with any company you have to first look out for yourself. You're not working to better TR, right? You're working to provide for yourself and family. Managing your career, especially at TR means you're keeping your skill set current and relevant. Doing this will help get a job if/when TR has no more need for you.

I agree that it totally s---s that TR pretends to care about their employees but really don't.

Re 1oux comments. I am guessing you probably left on a nice payoff and final salary pension after 30 years !! Trust me some, companies do know how to look after their staff and shareholders !

The "like Hitler" comment is absurd. I was laid off last year after almost 30 years but this is a business, not a charity. Their focus was, is, and always will be Increasing revenue, cutting costs, and keeping shareholders happy, and sometimes that results in misguided layoffs and "flattening," stretching resources to the breaking point, and a decline in the quality of the products. Anyone who doesn't recognize that probably shouldn't be working there because it will not change.

This company is like hitler! We are not slave to them and no need to hang on to place like that ever. What a horrible bull sh-- place.

If you do more than you get paid, you are less likely to be let go.... first. There are plenty of people around and the company has lower standards that they will burn you out and when you are done, there'll be 20 people waiting to take your place for much less.

There are no guarantees. Think of yourself and your skills and keep them up to date because no matter how many layoffs have occurred over the years, you will be one the list of one some day (hopefully it is when you want to retire!).