With so many layoffs happening for a while now, when will we reach the point when work simply can’t be done anymore? They have been targeting the costly employees first, which usually means skilled, and veterans, which usually means experienced and knowledgeable. Then all the rest of us. We have been literally shedding people.
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Experience and competence are the enemy of survival in corporate combat. Worker bee busts a-s minimal merit increases but then been around long enough and costs too much bye bye. Management sycophant useless except they pump up the ego of the manager of the day. They get the good raise and bonus which seems to work for a while. Then regime change and the entire empire crumbles. The key is illusion of value without every doing anything but the powers that be think they need your services. This is your shield. This empire rules on fear and I have found that they are not used to a lowly employee getting in their face. Works like a charm they will find another employee to bully.
That’s interesting. I got RIF’d this week and hadn’t thought about the salary angle. Makes sense. Been with the company many, many years. The other RIF’d colleague—same thing. Helpful post. You know it’s coming, you see it coming logically—but you still feel like sh*t when it happens to you.
This been going on for 10 + years nothing will change. Buy company gut it on to the next one
I firmly believe that currently they care about making the financial targets. They don't care about experience. Just give them 6 to 12 months and they start losing customer satisfaction and membership, so experience and moving resources onshore will become a priority. Just wait and observe.