Obsessing over getting laid off....

I think the hardest part of this for many people is the poor way in which layoffs were handled. Long tenured or not, it makes little difference. The poor and unreasonably slow legal responses to severance negotiations and cr-ppy offers in other geographies where they can get away has left me feeling a mix of emotions. As someone said previously, dignity only seems to come with healthy margins...and this company is treading water as it is.

You start to obsess over the whole thing and I think the most important thing is to try to let it go even though many of us spent a large part of our adult life here. Also letting go of any feeling of entitlement. It's over now...and the next phase of life is beginning.

I don't think it's easy at all.

After some time now I'm kinda glad to be gone from the endless stress of less people doing more and looking over my shoulder in the face of more cuts. reorgs and endless propgoganda, new acronyms and....f***ing t-shirts. Still can't get over that one. It's nice to leave behind the endless hours of covering up inadequecies and the nepotistic bs that happens behind the scenes. There is a stressful toxicity there that may take some time to shake off.

If only clients knew what was going on behind the scenes...but I digress as it's been said many times.

Of course the way forward will NOT be easy for many of us over 50, but I'd like to think that we have an opportunity to re-architect our work life. In many ways it's a golden, if not stressful opportunity, and if on our journey we get to stick it Kyndryl wherever we may land so much the better.

That would be a tasty dish to serve up....

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Was given notice of layoff Mid Oct that the 31st would be my last day at Aecom and I would go on the bench for 30 days to secure another Kyndryl position.
Thank goodness I had 2 job offers within a week of finding out.
Sad that Kyndryl lost the Aecom contract

"If only clients knew what was going on behind the scenes..."

Every Kyndryl client knows what's going on behind the scenes. While it may be uncomfortable for employees to face the axe, imagine what it's like for clients to commit cash payments to a service provider whose very existence is in question every single day. Should a client make that yearly Kyndryl payment, or perhaps just go month to month? Yeah, Kyndryl might have a legal fit, but when the company is known to be on its deathbed what should the client do?

Every Kyndryl client knows what's going on behind the scenes, because the very same play is going down, act by act, in their own companies. They all know the score.

I'm not a cynical person by nature, but after this last round of layoffs. I think , I am now very cynical towards corporate America. I was a legacy IBM transplant hire for Kyndryl. I spent way too many years living through IBM's shady layoff practice's. I have been forced to relocate myself and family a couple times. I moved the family to states were we had no family or friends just to keep my job. My final move for IBM was to Raleigh, NC. With in a year I'm pawned off to Kyndryl. I was assured that my salary and benefits would remain the same. I even asked was this just a way for IBM to get rid of their long term employee's. Once again assured, no this is a legitimate venture. Well a couple years in with Kyndryl, yup I finally get the dreaded RA notice. I spent years of disrupting my families life with relocations just so I could stay with IBM. I am now 60, and I really doubt any name brand company will pick me up. I never really felt old, but After Kyndryl laid me off. I definitely feel old now.

Yeah I refuse to buy into the doom and gloom. I have to believe that there is a good way forward somehow. I get that things look grim for older employees, ageism is rampant but I can't resign myself to despair and hopelessness. It is paralyzing. I never looked at my time here as a 'career', just as work I was interested in and liked doing.

I'm over 50, and it's tough times ahead to be sure and not a super happy fun time...but I can't let that sh***y company continue to impact my well being.

I do feel that experience will be valued in the right role depending on ones field. Again, I know it's not easy to find.

What is it Churchill said about going through he-l so keep going?

My father worked til he was 80. He was well respected by his peers,for his knowledge and dedication. In today's work world older workers are disregarded and disrespected. I was laid off couple years back. I was 53 at the time. I had a hard time finding work in the corporate office setting. My experience and education should have secured for me, another good job a continuance of my career. Nope that was definitely not the case. I got contract work, or low ball salary offers. Same ol speech we like your experience, we like your skill level. Unfortunately in today's work environment we must find the right fit for our company. So today I am happily employed in a municipal job, well below my education and skill set. I will ride this one out,til I hit my actual retirement age. I am done with Corporations.

What horse cr-p are you extolling. Being in my mid to late fifties is not a good thing. Workers our age, don't usually get a chance for a fresh start. What it really means I gave the best years of my working adult life to Corporate America. I do not have enough time left to reinvest into a new position or company. To add insult to injury, most companies don't want the workers who are sitting squarely in their fifties early sixties. We are looked at as employee's that have less to contribute than our younger co-workers. I fully expect to find a job, and yes there is life after a layoff. Unfortunately there will be no more career in Corporate America for most of us old timers.

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