I regret that I ever made any effort here. The way these layoffs are managed is very disheartening.
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Getting laid off one time cures you of thinking effort protects you. I do enough to satisfy my conscience, that's my guide. Under no circumstance do I trick myself into thinking I'm important or necessary. I show up, do my job, get paid. I ask no more , expect no more.
They pay you to perform. The bonus used to be amazing going from performing to leading. Now its a few hundreds more. I get paid to perform and that is what I do.
Layoff has nothing to do with performance, if you are excellent performance, you should have no problem landing another job
Why do you regret making effort. You were paid for your effort.
There hasn't been performance criteria used in years ! Just ask hundreds of us who have been riffed before yourself who had great reviews, were considered the go-to persons for advice/questions/problem solving. They aren't sitting down with managers or sr managers ahead of time and having a pow-wow about who stays or who goes. There is some secret algorithm being run....- that looks at how much you make, how many years service, and what severance they would have to pay get someone off the payroll. In others words, how can they maximize the cost savings based on the group. In the case of the CS orgs being decimated in this case, this wouldnt apply because it sounds like entire orgs are going to be sent offshore to vendors. DO NOT BELIEVE FOR ONE MOMENT YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG. THIS IS THE WAY OF ALL CORPORATIONS NOW...THEY SUCK.
Same here. Part of the RIF in April. Not one write-up or PIP. 18 years of performance reviews were all good to great. It definitely messes with your head.
Its all good man, trust me until the next layoff I am going to make sure I perform just enough. Good luck to you.
You’ll find something better. The criteria this time has been odd and unpredictable to say the least.
Best of luck to you!