If you are not in a group that is considered money generating, your group is definitely at a higher risk of layoffs. For example, all Contract Specialist positions were eliminated in March 2015 (only a handful of contractors were kept). AT&T outsourced contract review to a company out of Canada, CGI. They only kept associate directors to oversee the process and countersign contracts (contractors cannot sign on behalf of AT&T.) This was a total blindside! We were overloaded with contracts and met the 2 day SLA so it was not for lack of work or poor performance. They eliminated a group of very experienced contract specialist for individuals in an outside call center in Alabama with no experience... and the most knowledgeable/experienced Contract Specialists had to train the call center group on how to do the job prior to leaving payroll. If your job is not money generating and can be done by an outside group be very concerned. I do believe this is the path to 2020 in an effort to save money and pad the pockets of the executives. Prayers and best wishes to all affected in this round of layoffs.
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The company has never valued their employees. My supervisor has made agreements with employees to pay them an agreed upon rate and then immediately pays them less once they take on the new tasks. My supervisor also believes in promoting people as quickly as possible to lock them into a low salary. Our team has been told forever there are no 4s or 5s on evaluations...just 1s, 2s, and 3s.
Overall, the company is very unethical. They're going to make lay-off decisions based on salary so they can save the most money.