Thread regarding Target Corp. layoffs

Who gets laid off rumors

I’ve been hearing a mixture of things in the forums around who gets laid off. This is what I’ve gathered:

Outside consultants, Accenture, came in to decide which parts of the business we are reducing head count in.

For legal reasons, Target can’t use some sort of metric to determine who in each part of the business specifically will get cut.

High performers aren’t safe either, but I also heard a contradictory claim that past performance reviews will be used to decide who gets laid off.

Direct managers won’t be involved in deciding which of their direct reports are laid off, since those decisions are being made at a much higher level.

They will target high paying jobs L6 and above, but at the same time they can’t seem as if they are doing age discrimination.

Tech seems to be “safe” because of attrition.

Merch org will get hit hard due to ?. No one really said why.

Anyone hear anything I haven’t mentioned?

#LayoffRumor #Layoffs #Retail #Consulting
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@br A bunch of garbage. Performance was ranked and those on the bottom half were the ones eliminated. It was pretty apparent why most were let go.

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@br

This rumor is silly, random number generation are not how workforce reductions work. They follow clear criteria that are legally defensible (do not show discrimination of protected groups) and supported by business strategy.

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@cx can confirm it’s Accenture. And can confirm that there are at least 2 Accenture consultants that are recently ex-TGT L7 and up. they were hired by Accenture for the project back in March or April. Others may be involved

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I don’t think it was Accenture. McKinsey and Company is the consulting company I heard we used.

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@br that isn’t true. A consulting firm came in and slashed middle managers across the board based on title.

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last time there was a large layoff, in 2015, they literally used a random number generator in spreadsheets to determine who got laid off. they couldn't use other criteria for legal reasons. a VP at the time told me this but not sure it's 100% true

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