Is there any theory or knowledge as to how victims are selected. Presumably a role has to become redundant and then individuals in that role are selected based on length of service, performance and so forth.
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They are laying off the wrong people. The business owners are still there even though they are the ones that created the big Mobile versions mess. They have been trying to create a Mobile app since 2018. They are maintaining four versions. Can you imagine the overhaul on a team like that? Impossible to follow agile SDLC with heavy impact on changes. It's the end 2025, no mobile app yet, 7 yrs of distinction product management. Banks are leaving.
Magic 8-ball of course. (waits for down votes)
@OP They do like we used to do for a family Christmas to buy presents, they write down names on a piece of paper, fold it in half, place it in a hat and then draw names.
The criteria for every RIF is usually different. It starts out with getting a list using some generic criteria. They do this for legal reasons, so they can legally justify that the RIF applied to a group of people and someone was not being singled out or discriminated against. Examples of lists in the past, anyone who worked remote (pre-Covid), anyone who got less than a 3 on their review, any manager with less than 5 reports, or any director that is lower than 5 levels deep. As a manager, you need to be cautious about how you answer any surveys about your employees. For example, once they asked about employee roles and if a QA was a manual tester or automated tester. A couple months later all the manual testers were on the list.
Once the generic list is created, it is shared with managers to a certain level. Sometimes the immediate manager is informed of who is is on the list but sometimes they are not. The managers who get to see the list than have to fight to get someone off and that fight isn't easy. If they do manage to win, they often then need to supply a different name.
All in all, there is usually a financial target they are trying to hit and that can impact how the list is created as well. Products they want to disinvest in will have more people on the list than products that they think will be the next big thing.
I'm also curious to know. I haven't found a pattern yet. At first in July we had many directors. In October it was Professional Services. I'm on Capital Markets
If you think you're anything but an employee id to management, you are sorely mistaken
It depends on if God wants you at the job still. If He doesnt want you there, and he is ready to open new doors, they will select you for lay off. If He wants you there, no amount of layoffs will hit you.