I’m in engineering and it’s incredibly toxic, disorganized, and the people I work with are horrible.
I used to panic about layoffs, but now I don’t care anymore.
I’ve been getting knots in my stomach before meetings, palm sweats during 1:1 with my manager, and I dread each and very work day. It’s gotten so much worse over the past year.
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If the layoffs happen to impact any Veterans or families with young kids or single parents, hopefully the decision makers will see it fit to ask for volunteers before letting them go. You can lay me off before a veteran who has served our country and our company. You don’t have to be loyal to everyone, but be loyal to our Vets and find a way to make it work. There are real heroes among us.
Channel all your energy into finding another job that you really want. Don't wait until you are terminated. You are not a 'victim' if you decide that you're in control.
Focus on caring more about starting over, and less about how much you hate being here
Blink twice if you are in danger. Because the fact that people don't leave when they hate the job so much must mean they are held against their will.
"I’m in engineering and it’s incredibly toxic, disorganized, and the people I work with are horrible."
It could be worse, like those of us still in EUC Marketing eager for real leadership
Put in your 8 hours then clock out. Document your work. Prove to yourself that you are doing your job. Find hobbies to distract yourself.
I would suggest finding ways to switch internal teams, or managers, as that sounds horrible. I'm fortunate to be in very positive engineering teams in SBU/CB.
.... but on the surface he seems calm and ready
mom's spaghetti
To the OP, your not alone. Silence within the orgs is numbing.