https://www.thelayoff.com/t/JoZvDjI#replies - If you are over 40, and live in the States, your chances of being laid off grow exponentially. Shouldn't be surprising, as it aligns pretty well with the discrimination class lawsuit going on... BTW, I don't know of a single employee in the US on his/her 20-29 years-old-range that has been laid off...
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I'm also in the 20-29 range and was recently WFR'd... Excellent performance reviews, working in R&D, living in the US
2pcp - I'm curious if you are referring to the Houston campus? re; " There are also rumors of sale of some buildings\job functions\personnel to Foxconn "
After 2 decades I was laid of on July 29th, no issues with my performance. I am over 60. Over the years I served in several positions and became the #1 in each. Some of my work in other groups was moved to suppliers such as Foxconn, Inventec, etc. That was not without problems in product quality.
The group I was most recently in keeps in touch with me and has confirmed they still have plenty of work.
They also informed me of upcoming layoffs this month, somewhere around 20%.
Some in the group are actively pursuing work after HPE. There are also rumors of sale of some buildings\job functions\personnel to Foxconn. They are fairly certain of this.
I'm in the U.S. And just received my first subpar review in over 20 years with HP. No explanation given by my manager. More than half of my group in US got the same rating.
Most of my org is being replaced by workers in PR and Costa Rica. Most of these folks cannot even speak English fluently and they dont stay with HP very long. Oh well, you get what you pay for.
I'm thirty, and I got laid off. I asked for a relatively low salary in a high income area and HR was unhappy.
HPE wants to pay 20 percent under Boise wages in high cost of living areas while charging the Feds up the a--...and you wonder why NASA is so angry with HPE.
If you work in the US and your job can go overseas to a lower cost Country, your age doesn't matter. But...
If you live in the US (and are over 40), and because of the nature of your job it wouldn't make sense to send overseas, then it wouldn't be surprising that "your role" (as they use to say) might be considered for "optimization". Their "optimization" usually means that you get kicked out, and the role duties are added to the ones already performed by someone overloaded (usually younger guys in lower pay scales).
I was an employee in the 20-29 age range that was laid off not too long ago. Good performance reviews and everything, it was just cheaper to move 90% of the work to Taiwan.