In regards to layoffs it should be has follow and they should offer a voluntary layoff. Those that want to stay keep and those that want to go them off.
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Nah, dead wood almost never volunteers as they are the ones who are milking the free ride and don't want it to end. But they are the ones who need to go.
It's hard to be motivated when everything you work to build gets torn up.
Verizon was never a company with good process and practice where you can just drop a new person in and they succeed. The company always worked on relationships (for better or worse).
These reorgs have destroyed the relationship based channels that actually got things done in the past. Without anything to replace them nothing is getting done effectively.
This is why accountants should not be in charge. In human resources - benefits ~yes we got cut too~ we are constantly drilled about Maslow needs chart. If people are scared or have uncertainty about the basic needs, they won't perform and nothing you can do to address higher levels will change that.
If someone is psychologically checked out they also won't deliver results.
If people feel safe at the base needs they will perform better.
But analysts and accountants don't think of these things.
Hard to be productive in OP&OO whether you are praying for RIF or not. The worst org I have ever been in at any company.
:that would be too smart:
:I know many who are biding their time for a rif but didn't get it:
:they are low productivity because they no longer have motivation:
:they bring everyone else down:
:meanwhile for whatever reason they gave the rif to some of our most productive and seasoned team members who we rely on:
:obvious managers didn't have a say because they are in panic mode losing their best people and keeping the demotivated ones:
When are people impacted off payroll?
100% agree. Volunteering always beats being Volun-told.