We all received the email a couple months ago that there would be about 700 less home office roles, including the 550 some odd folks who took the VSP. So you think - OK, maybe 150 ish people will receive ISPs.
It was definitely more than 150 ISPs. That doesn’t even count the demotions that are starting to surface.
Why?
They lied. Plain and simple.
They downplayed the impact of this to make it seem more “human centered.”
They lied and have no obligation to share the final numbers because we’re a private organization.
Make no mistake about it - the Jones many of us knew is dead.
If you got ISP’d, you got a bad deal.
If you got demoted, you got a bad deal.
Even if you stay and had no impact to your salary grade, you’ll be left doing the work of those who departed, and the culture will continue to suffer.
Think of this too: If they “reimagined” once, what’s to stop them from doing it again?