Some say they chose people randomly, and some see patterns in the way they chose who gets RIF'd. I think though that the biggest reason is quite personal, they wanted to get rid of the ones they didn’t like. I know a person who is newly hired and whose separation day is also March 12.
Everything this company has been doing lately seems wrong to me.
Correct on the bottom post, they do not care who they get rid of. They only care about who is remaining who will take on the extra work and are paid less and are younger.
“People say it’s the corporate world, but why is it allowed to be this way.”
Loopholes, lawyers and the “good ol boy” system.
Oh please! Not everything is sinister. I can't say that all decisions are objective or even subjective. Some are. Some are not. I can say that last year when Marketing was let go, the people who stayed made no sense. There was no rhyme or reason for most of those decisions. Most decisions are made by id–ts. Plain and simple. id–ts! Nothing sinister other than stupidity.
Well f—ing said!
Definitely agree. Most companies/ people aren’t ethical enough to try to make an objective decision about who to let go (if they were maybe it’d be the CEO), and instead use it as an opportunity to get rid of anyone who they know could do their job, who they feel threatened by in any way, who they don’t “like” (often for the aforementioned reasons) and then of course people who fit into categories that make them uncomfortable often for prejudicial reasons - too old, too...etc. (because of their own personal issues about those people’s worth and expectations of how those people should behave). And then of course people who the company is afraid will cost them money in any way (accommodations, potential lawsuits, union organizing, etc.). It’s almost funny how much work companies put in trying to convince employees there is something objective or fair going on in the decisions that are being made (or the opposite, that layoffs are totally random as if names were drawn out of a hat). As negative as it is and unfortunate, it actually makes me feel more in control of my career and life to just take the bitter pill and realize that none of it is imagined (gender, race, age, physical appearance, weight, disability status, how much/little you’re kissing up, etc., all the things that companies jam down our throats saying don’t matter, do in fact matter). The reason it makes me feel better to know it and not be fooled by relentless gaslighting corporate messaging telling me none of these things are the reasons I can’t get ahead no matter how well I do my job, how much education I have, how much experience I gain, is because at least I can stop blaming myself and thinking I’m just not talented enough, not working hard enough, not good enough. Companies want you to blame yourself and think that the system isn’t rigged - if you just work harder, smarter, longer, better, you will receive respect, money, title, etc. But knowing this is mostly a lie actually helps me take back my power. I can feel good about myself, my work ethic, my ability on merit alone and know when a company like Centene screws me over the company is the problem, not me. Good riddance, Centene!
Absolutely, wrong! They do what they want, and don’t care who they destroy. People say it’s the corporate world, but why is it allowed to be this way.