If at one time I was worried about whether I would be a target or not, now I'm certainly not anxious about it at all, because this is no longer the company I used to work for. Instead of worrying, I send resumes. What would I miss from here? I absolutely wouldn't miss any managers, backstabbers, nor double workloads... Moreover, I can't wait to forget this place. Everyone I know who got laid off is better off now in their new companies than me who survived the cuts.
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There’s one Director in Marketing that was kept and, ironically, finally got rewarded for his competence after years of getting screwed by the incompetent “leaders” that drove that department into the ground. The money they burned through could have single handedly saved a 3rd world country.
To say Directors have no transferable skills is am over generalization, erroneous and certainly means you don't know the same Directors I did.
The ones I knew are good folks who loved their teams and worked hard and often many hours across time zones.
Same here! I just have to bite my lip for a little bit longer when I see my role underrepresented, and the role of the "new favorite" overrepresented at my expense. The poor ethics that I am witnessing in my team's leadership are simply shocking, and I know I will be better off when I finally put some distance with this place.
I do not understand how engineers, especially the younger ones, do not run for the hills.
100%. This is just a job. It's not life.
So true! - "Everyone I know who got laid off is better off now in their new companies than me who survived the cuts." I wish I got rolled during the last few rounds. I gave up and left a few months ago just due to the shear boredom and frustration working with a product that everyone is really just trying to get rid of and I'm so much happier now.
Directors will hang on as long as they can because they have no transferrable talent. They are just a waste.