With a few dates being thrown around - 10/20 and 10/28 - will we receive some sort of message/communication from Brian or Michael in the next few days explaining the "why" behind the cuts and the official numbers, or are they just going to let it ride and send out another poorly thought out message after the fact?
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I was there in 2015 when it happened. Rumors were swirling for months as Brian had just come in, we left Canada, and were reeling from the data breach. Late morning on a Tuesday, the head of HR sent an email saying 1,700 people were laid off and 1,400 open roles were slashed. Those impacted were called into a private meeting with HR and a senior leader, not even their leader. Most leaders below VP didn’t know it was happening as middle management was the target. People were given a couple of hours to pack up and go. Back then, those folks got vacation paid out, six months of benefits, 16 weeks of severance and a week of severance for every year of service. And there were other perks like certain college classes being free. It was rough and the PR was bad. This was all at HQ. There were international layoffs after. I anticipate something similar if necessary but maybe they’ll keep doing it in small groups with 60-90 days notice.
Nope. There will be nothing before or after, you won’t even know who was laid off unless they tell you personally.
@ac no, there was not an announcement beforehand. Just an 8:30 private meeting for all impacted on the day of the layoffs with an hour to pack up your stuff and go home. There’s zero sensitivity with the whole thing.
You’re just a number and the company couldn’t care less about anyone, in spite of the BS that’s constantly spouted.
There will absolutely not be any type of announcement beforehand, and I don’t recall their being one afterwards either back in 2015.
The people impacted receive their pre-written messaging and people left over are tasked with figuring out how to move forward without many of their coworkers.
It was brutal in 2015 and took about a year to recover, by which point many of the people who got laid off had been hired back.
Doing this before Q4 will make it especially rough, good luck with “ki-ling it in Q4” after a bunch of people have been told to get out.
How far the mighty have fallen since just a few years ago. The ELT should be absolutely ashamed.
Yeah I’m trying to remember if last time we got an official warning or media announcement. “We’re going to cut 10% of staff” etc. Or was it announced only after the fact?
I think they'll say something. It'll be a corp-wide email saying something like "challenging business environment," or "unfortunate reality of business today," like that. It will also say to the remaining teams, "be ready for the challenge ahead."
Last time it just ki-led morale. Leaders may take extra TeamVoice or listening tactics. They may bring in a speaker to try to energize people. They don't want the folks who are left over to leave in droves.
Unless Brian or Michael will chime in here, I don’t think this forum has your answer
@a2 I'm not. Why don't you just answer the fu--ing question instead of adding di-khead response?
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