If my boss isn't consulted on who to lay off, and my bosses boss isn't consulted then what's the point in doing any work day to day ?
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@g9 He-l, they had gmail before gmail
@e9 at least Eric Schmidt had a vision.
Feels like the old Novell days. I recall quarterly layoffs when things were getting really bad.
@ax Fu-k off. Stop trying to guilt people into staying in this he-l hole. Your work is your problem.
Next big layoff will be after Ayman reorgs after his first 100 days. The board and investors will give him that.
@ar June is end of fiscal year
No layoffs today. The focus is on quarter end.
@a7 I agree with you all to a point. But that's just making it worse on the people who are trying to leave after yall. That just makes people more likely to take risks like leaving w/o a new offer.
I get it, but I can only hope you either don't get treated like that for the next option. It's great assuming everyone can get out at a drop of a hat. So far that's not back yet.
@ar They did them a week before quarter end.
I know at least one major deal that is risked due to it - they cut a PM that was giving a shortcut to Sales. Again.
Until all the debt's cleared no one and no time is safe. Some may be smarter than others, but no guarantees.
@am layoffs have just finished, are you saying they will start again in 3 months ? Why on earth would they do it in June, last few weeks of year
@OP because individuals and entire teams will be wfr'd through the end of June, not because of performance but because of huge changes being made starting in July on the way the company will operate. For example, many marketing teams will be let go- the entire team slashed - because it's been determined that that work can be absorbed organically, or not at all, but that it doesn't impact sales. There are massive massive layoffs coming before July 1. Yes, there will be some individual wfrs, but a huge chunk of the layoffs will be entire teams. Engineering, massive along middle manage, professional services, pre-sales, enablement, etc.
@a6 So what? Ain't responsible for anyone but yourself. Find any other job, literally anything, and just quit. Keep searching for something else, but just get out of this torture chamber of a job as quickly as you can. You'll feel so much better.
Other peoples' work isn't your problem to solve.
Simple - if the person above them gets irate it will be made your (our) problem.
En masse, maybe it could do smth, but as is a global company is hard to globally unionize. For now, one group stopping hurts another - that's not always managers and directors. Could just be a normal dude like you.
If it's someone who'd cry bureaucracy or someone trying to bully a dept though f*ck em. Some of yall don't even deserve what you get. Normal people just doing their jobs I feel for; it'd hurt them unless we all did it.