If the aim is to get rid of the highest earners who are 50+ and have to balance that with younger employees who have recently started to avoid accusations of age discrimination, I'd say those of us in the middle are the safest group at this point (as safe as anybody can be, that is). Or at least this is what I've been telling myself to calm my nerves.
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Sticking with your corn analogy, is it better to be the corn cereals that are eaten, or the husks that are thrown away?
Anyone who is laid off is like the hush, and those who stay, we get chewed up!
Have you ever watched someone devour an ear of corn?
They start in the middle!
Truth on the underpaying the long timers. Big reason they lost so much to attrition.
The middle is the group most at risk!
Recent grads, while paid well, we have the most recent technical skills, and are still building our income potential. That happens in the middle
Older workers have been so underpaid for multiple years that they are actually the cheapest assets, with mentoring potential from their experience, as well as having the customer relationships.
The middle should not rest too comfortably.
The goal is to create a sustainable business for the ACX solution set, ultimately rebranding to Fusion Marketing. There are people on the Enterprise account team who have sold $0 in 2-3 years … sales cycles are 15-18 months …. likely on a list.
Tom Siebel used to lop off the bottom 30% every quarter … when it was a nest in class solution, before Oracle bought it.