The atmosphere after layoffs is worse than ever for those of us who stayed. At least for me it is. It’s more tense than ever. This round of layoffs is a reminder for all of us that we need to start job hunting again.
It’s hard for me to talk to a colleague, who was much better performer than me, after he was laid off and I wasn’t (yet). I feel a bit guilty, because objectively, he deserved a job here a lot more than I did. I learned a lot from that colleague in the beginning when I first came here.
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Wow smh!
At least you acknowledge that there were higher performing people that didn't deserve to get laid off. I was laid off last year, and I think some of the people who stayed actually believe they deserved to stay 😂
No one will talk to me now that I am laid off. Like I am some sort of disease that the the company has cut out. People in the company that I helped for years are not even saying sorry to me. They just want to know who will do my work. Yes, the cold shoulder. After all these years of dedication. Like I am responsible for the failures of the company. Disgusting. But since most of the employees I cared about have already left or laid off, it really does not bother me. My new boss I had two conversations over the past 5 months. one to say I am laid off. The other to say my performance last year s—ed even though I had years of very favorable performance reviews.
Now my work goes to three other people to manage. It take 3 people to do my work and they tell me I have performance issues.
What an awful company.
I can only imagine, that is a very uncomfortable feeling. Has the work loads increased?