For those who’ve experienced a recent layoff at Elevance, is it common for managers to go completely silent afterward? I haven’t received even a brief thank-you or acknowledgment from mine, despite years of service and the fact that they have my personal contact info and follow me on social media. I'm wondering if this is due to company policy or legal constraints, or if it's just how some managers choose to handle it?
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Honestly unless you were hanging with your coworkers after work or weekends you probably shouldn’t expect anything. There are friends and then there are work “friends”.
I heard they arent allowed to reach out to you personally. They can only give you the company approved talk on the call with HR.
Yes, same with me. I had a hard time just getting my labels so I could return my equipment.
Unless you have good friends at work, don't expect people to contact you. It's not a company thing, it's a human nature thing. Those remaining feel guilty for still being employed.
I have the problem of being riffed and rehired but the team I was riffed from is terrible at communicating. I constantly get email questions about things pertaining to my old role even though I was riffed over a year ago. I am constantly invited to meetings from my old role because people are too lazy to clean up email addresses on meeting invites. It’s really annoying and when I get an urgent question about something from old role I just ignore. You riffed me but didn’t have common courtesy to let business partners know. Not my job to tell them. I hope something important gets missed.
They don't care if you live or die whether you're an FTE or have been RIF'd.
How about being ghosted while still employed. Night and day. No idea why or what happened. Classic mind f$ck. Embrace gray rock. Keep work separate.
@OP Same thing happened to me. It’s sad.
Yes but don’t think of my managers or coworkers as friends. I got burned at a different company from coworker “friends “ and learned my lesson I was riffed and told not to tell anyone and then my access was cut off within a few hours. My coworkers weren’t told until after so no one had a chance to reach out. I was rehired and some reached out when they saw I had returned to say they were happy I was rehired.
@b7 being ghosted after a RIF or retirement is pretty standard around here - tells you all you need to know - you were a warm body and now gone - no thanks needed - it was fake when you were here - now it is unnecessary. I keep in touch with one person - and will forever - that is a true friend which is rare to find at this cesspool
It’s an interesting phenomenon how I have been ghosted by most of my former colleagues around the organization. I’ve reached out to a few and just get a quick reply and then nothing. I don’t ask anything about work or business, just casual things about their weekend plans or something benign. It’s kind of shocking how many people I thought would stay in touch with me and didn’t.
I was ghosted by my own leadership in the weeks prior to my departure, once my notice was given, I didn’t even get an acknowledgment of my time and contributions or a “good luck.” I think that is among the worst management I’ve ever had. My direct manager was wonderfully supportive until I left.
I think it really depends. I'm in contact with several of my former mangers since I was Rif'd last year. Now they are also Rif'd, but I got recommendations from 4 of them for a job.
There are far too many workers globally than available jobs, companies just don't care about us anymore. Your manager is just thinking, next one will be younger.
Labor Department reports new job openings over a decade. We exceed those numbers with HB1 visas in 1 year.
Then offshore