Laid off yesterday. FTE 3.5 yrs, got the meeting invite for 11:30 AM. The usual we've eliminated your position, strategic reallignment, today is your last day, yada, yada, yada... I'm getting paid through May 1st, Medical benefits though the end of May, 4 weeks severance, and all accrued PTO paid out. They'll subsidize COBRA if you need it after medical runs out. Considered rehireable. Only 3 people on the call, my VP, the HR Rep and me. VP gave the speech but to his credit he seemed kind of broke up and very uncomfortable about it. VP quickly left the call and when I spoke to the HR Rep and said to her "I can't imagine having to do this a couple dozen times over the course of a few days" and empathized with her over how horrible it must be to have to do that, I think she almost cried. She was on camera and you could see how hard it was on her. I assured her I would be okay and usually find alternative roles fairly quickly, and she thanked me for saying what not many people ever consider. Bottom line, the process was cr-ppy, I was wrecked and still am. I've also had time to think about it and in a company of 40k employees, if it were my company, I wouldn't broadcast to all 40k employees that we're having a layoff of 500 employees (500 enterprise-wide I've heard) and put them all out on a ledge. That said, they've let some incredible talent go in some strategic areas with seeming no thought to who should remain in what role. If it bites them in the bu-t, so be it. Lol... one of the corporate core values is "Put people first and the rest will follow" - it was stenciled on the walls at the office. Turns out that was more like one of those "Live, Laugh, Love" signs than an actual company value.
Bumped from @2cudt+1jUMcdy6 for important info on the whole process.