I was part of the 2019 layoff. even though I moved on and doing way better not money wise but stress free life. For me it was like a bad divorce because looking at who was let go Vs. who stayed I am always wondering who create the list is it HR is it your boss or the director’s office.
The list at least in my area didn’t make any sense from any perspective, I was middle of the road results(wanna specify without cheating) and seniority, some who are still there had cr-p like ethics complaints on their files some been on PIP. I had no discipline on my file.
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I made the decision for them and left on my own and now better off money wise, health wise, and working on state of the art technology.
at att state of the art technology is UAM lol.
For Management, VP set's a number. AVP's divvy up the numbers to Directors. Directors work with HR to set guidelines (age, gender, race etc.). Assistant directors have to provide their selections.
After the bo-b is dropped on the employee (1st/2nd lines) that are affected, the Assistant directors claim they had no knowledge, directors say they didn't pick, and all have a clear conscience.
Union by reverse seniority.
Management: Normally employees are ranked and the low ranked ones let go. Though I know some folks that were let go in the 2019 layoff just because they didn’t sit in the correct hub. That one had a hub factor too.
It's called "Kissing A-s". Whoever kisses the boss's a-s above and beyond what is required in this shithole company gets to stay and keep their job.
For example, say your boss has 10 people reporting to him/her. Out of those 10 people 3 kiss the boss's a-s every day. Those 3 people will survive the layoffs until the next ice age if they keep kissing a-s every day.
For the next 7 employees, maybe 2 people kiss a-s every other day and for the days not directly kissing a-s they are figuring out how to kiss a-s. They will survive the next rounds of layoffs if they keep it up.
For the remaining 5 employees, maybe 1 is a "yes" person who doesn't feel like he is kissing a-s, but rather approves of everything the boss does and is a good cheerleader. He will probably get the survive the rounds of layoffs until the boss gets tired of his cheerleading bullsh-t.
For the remaining 4 employees, they don't give a sh-t about their boss, they just want to do the work, work hard, make a difference, and do the best they can, improve their skill set by taking extra courses, taking on extra work to learn something new, etc. They come in and bust their a-s every day working then go home to family. They have a good life. They have current, up-to-date skills and are confident they are doing right by the company to help make the company successful.
Unfortunately for those 4 employees who are busting their assess working, the boss thinks they aren't kissing a-s enough, doesn't see all they are doing, doesn't appreciated the quality of work they do, and since the boss only cares about the a-s-kissers, puts those 4 employees on the next surplus list.
Then sadly, those 4 employees busting their as--s get the email saying they are surplussed will be off payroll in 14 days.
Adios MFs!
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS!
Maybe seniority and/or job experience was a consideration? I thought it was the area managers who ranked their people if you are talking about mgmt category. Some ADs can't be trusted to make good and fair decisions.
Either way you are probably better off as long as your current employer doesn't also have frequent layoffs.
Called ranking your boss ranked you lower than the others. Why you didn't make the cut.
Layoffs are determined by various rational from time to time. T fails to earn the expected revenue/income, sells off or buys another entity, consolidates real estate, and more. Right not the trend is for companies to layoff and it's easier for them to avoid negative publicity when Google, Twitter, Amazon and others are doing so.
I worked at Dallas Riverside and was glad to go.
OP can't move on because they make less money in their new job. Trust me OP. If you didn't make the cut in 2019 you wouldn't make the cut now. Too many pet protect people are protected by their VP and AVP, forcing out anyone without connections.
Female and black stay white male go. Easy pesy.
Wow not much love for this question, you guys are brutal and classless with some of your answers. Ge-z.
Still being on these boards three years later shows how difficult it has been for you to let this go. Have you considered grief counseling with a therapist?
My guess is that you were generally a pain in your boss’s a$$. That’s how it usually happens.
I think they made the right decision.
I was part of the 2019 layoff. even though I moved on
I'm not so sure you've moved on
What did you do for the company?