More layoffs, more stupid decisions. We will continue to celebrate incompetence by laying off good employees and keeping those who have to rely on the rest of us to do their jobs or it won't get done. This is the way at T-Mobile, and this is how things will continue to be done until there are only the worst ones left. I hope not to be here when that happens.
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This is so not aligned with the reality of how this process has worked. HR is there for support, not to guide leaders towards specific layoff selections. Directors and Sr Directors make these decisions after being given the high level guidance. There's no mass spreadsheet with weighted scoring or anything even remotely close to that. Mass spreadsheets may be how AT&T lays off folks, but no such process exists here.
"My local dept was cut deep this morning, mostly on site roles. So many thought no one was watching and no one knew they mostly play around and socialize up there. Better luck next time."
What department? Location?
My local dept was cut deep this morning, mostly on site roles. So many thought no one was watching and no one knew they mostly play around and socialize up there. Better luck next time.
You can take classes on how HR works. It seems mysterious, but it really isn't. And it certainly isn't political. And they certainly don't care about your internal team drama. There is an Excel sheet with 100 categories; each category is weighted, including how much money you make. If the company needs to save money and you make too much of it compared to your peers, guess who they choose? But it's not always money; sometimes, it's just plain old reduction. Stop being loyal to a company. You work for all the companies in the industry because you carry your reputation with you, your manager today may be your manager at a new company tomorrow. The only thing that changed is the name on the top of your paystub. It's not personal.
I have noticed a lot of role elimination (the work is no longer needed, redundant or outsourced) along with cutting out the low hanging fruit. T-Mobile has always been bad about firing "for cause". Instead they use the layoff cycles or reorgs to trim the folks that everyone is like "how does this person still have a job here". They can sometimes be nice people but they're also not capable working in the current environment due to lack of skills, knowledge or just speed.
I have lost too many good friends and coworkers but also glad to see some truly awful business partners finally get cut.
Agreed. Layoffs appear role and merit based. Based on the sample I've experienced and learned about.
So weird that some people insist the good ones are let go. Has not been my experience at all. If we were to stack rank our team for performance, the folks at the bottom would be those laid off. Perhaps some of you aren't a very good judge of your peers' performance.
Judging from your post you should be fine