Thread regarding Illumina Inc. layoffs

If you are worried about getting Riffed it's going to be ok. I did and honestly it felt like getting a Spot Bonus. Best wishes to all.

Has GIS been impacted by any of the recent RIFs?

HR is mostly useless at every company, or at least the people who work in those functions typically are. It attracts those who weren’t good enough to be successful as bartenders, servers, musicians, physical therapists, or bloggers.

Cut HR. Useless, bloated, and unproductive

Illumina just had a recent riff of 45+ people being impacted. For this next riff, I agree with it and hope it cuts out the extra fat - upper management (managers with managers managing managers) is a bit of a joke considering and makes absolute no sense. Coming from someone who works there today, I want a reduction in management levels. Definitely can achieve targets with that cost savings strategy.

I agree. American workers should always get first consideration. Because we ALL know it's not about "lack of good talent" -- it's about cheap labor. Funny how DEI is ok when it's cheap labor from India.

Corporate GREED is ki-ling us.

H1B roles need to be reduced or eliminated. Keep Americans employed!

Yes it should be the recent round

Is this the last round that happened in Feb? Affected employees have different separation dates? But with the news of China banning Illumina sequencers it’s only matter of time before we see the next round.