I’m curious how many people have been selected for layoff over the years. In the past folks were given 60-day notices and many did not leave. Two-week notice is the norm now. How many folks were hired back?
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Most people getting let go have 20+ years with AT&T. So their experience and network align best with openings at AT&T. Jobs are had to come by and AT&T is always hiring while cutting people. I have been let go twice from AT&T and hired back once. I have no idea why I was let go both times. I was told my job was eliminated both times, now two to three people are now doing each of my past roles. Seems decisions made were political and toxic.
if you have the opportunity to land somewhere else do it....with a market cap of only $3B, it is increasingly likely KD will be bought for pennies on the dollar and then ruthlessly downsized....
Three times. The first 2 rounds, I was heavily recruited and offered comparable positions. I COULDN'T say No. Otherwise I would have forfeited the severance package. Read the fine print! The 3rd time, I put the word out that I had no desire to stay, so please don't mention my name or offer me any jobs. It worked, and it was a relief.
Nowadays, though, with over 100k layoffs in big tech alone, it's brutal out there trying to get a new job. Just look at LinkedIn posts.
Stay on doing minimal compliance, if you can bear it, bag the pay and look for a different job at the same time. Everyone else is doing it anyway, so hang in there.
Good luck!
I have been required to FTW 3 times and found employment elsewhere within the company all 3 times.
Maybe a better question is, why would you continue working somewhere that you are selected to be laid off multiple times??
The biggest economy isn’t working for some people unless you know someone or have a specific skill set that is in demand. Know 4 people who lost their job and took 6 months to a year to find work and 2 of them took pretty good pay cuts. Seeing for lease signs starting to pop up more frequently in my area. At first it was the smaller strip malls but a couple of weeks ago started seeing this in the well to do shopping areas. Nothing like the pandemic time but it is happening all over regardless of the posts saying my new job got me a big raise and I love it there. Going to get worse if other big companies follow what Microsoft’s lead.
I say if you are laid off take it as a blessing and find a new home and take the severance. America has the biggest economy and many opportunities. No need to want to stay here unless you are level 3 money