I haven't been laid off before so I don't know but it'd be nice to find out: how do potential employers look at an applicant having been laid off? It's not the same thing as being fired and everybody knows that even the best employees can be impacted, so I'm hoping that's taken into consideration. But is it?
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Unfortunately recruiters typically assume the worst, so being laid off means you’re worthless/fired/toxic until proven otherwise. Def an uphill battle for sure.
Yes definitely for d-mb a_s middle mgmt corrupt rats
But all others… that are smarter and better trained, not so.
Unfortunately recruiters typically assume the worst, so being laid off means you’re worthless/fired/toxic until proven otherwise. Def an uphill battle for sure.
But if you have a well placed network that can vouch for your work, you can bounce back quickly.
I think the higher up at Oracle, the harder it will be to get another job. The world knows that Oracle’s problem runs deeper than the economy, that middle mgmt has ruined a good company mainly how poorly they managed their own actions. Not being held accountable to each other, showing favoritism and punishing others by taking the hard work from subordinates and terminating them for personal gain and/or promotion. With the ongoing growing corruption and the arrogance of their negative management style, especially the abusive behavior of VP’s which, has reached from beyond this industry. Oracle has been dieing from within for a long-time.
I think other employers will have much respect for those that endured such horrific treatment - while a certain VP mocked people for staying, has he often said, you must hate yourself, you have low self esteem - and will jump at the chance to hire because they know that people work harder are loyal when the find that are appreciated.
Everybody knows the value of a pat on the back.
Take all of this, the layoff discussions, etc., as a gift. Listening to those that post that have already left Oracle for other places have done much better for themselves. Oracle’s legacy will a textbook case for self destruction, having a huge part in history, The Great Resignation.
I have been through a number of layoffs, and many of the older workers, all engineers never found employment again after being laid off. I don't believe that being laid off carries the same stigma as being fire, far from it, but employers don't want to hire older workers no matter what they say. Your company like mine has probably made it very plain through the years about how they want new blood and to get younger and any layoffs probably reflected that with mostly older workers out the door.
I am now retired, but for the last few decades I have seen that thinking that you might make a career at just one company is increasingly an illusion and as you get older, you will become a target for getting laid off and you will not be seen as viable. Plan on it.
I sincerely doubt prospective employers are going to hold the kind of large-scale RIF we’re talking about here against an individual applicant. People I know who got hit in the big layoff a couple years back all got new jobs almost immediately.
Unfortunately, there are prejudices out there against laid-off employees. The rationale is if the employee was useful, he/she would not have been laid off. Layoffs in many companies are for employees who are deemed 'excess baggage' and employees not worth keeping. If you are laid off, try not to reveal that to your potential hiring manager/HR. That information is normally not released to prospective employers and cause of termination is considered private.
Start looking now. It’s always easier to get a job when you already have one. At least start networking.