My entire team was cut after more than a decade with the company, and the way it was handled was brutal. I watched teammates vanish from slack one by one before anyone bothered to contact me. The call did not come until late in the afternoon, after hours of waiting and wondering. I envy those teams that got the news all at once, I wish that was us. The whole experience was a rough reminder of how little control we have during these decisions.
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Judging by LinkedIn, layoffs are still happening?
@OP in my case I was vanished. My whole team moved to a different manager. It was tough and still is. After the layoff announcement I could speak with a few direct reports, trying to minimally handover urgent and important things under my responsibility. I could see the sadness and panic on their eyes and expression. Too sad and disruptive.
That is awful, I am sorry.