A couple of people on my team are included in the recent Marketing RIF. They’re still sticking around until May, but I can clearly see them completely checked out. Our manager doesn’t care and just assigns all new work to me, while they get to sit back and relax for the next couple of months and still get a paycheck. One of the guys was scrolling LinkedIn jobs all day last week at the office, laptop wasn’t even open. I support them looking out for themselves, but our workload hasn’t decreased with the RIF, so I’m just getting overloaded. Anyone else experience that the RIFs are just making the remaining team members more overworked with no reward?
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"One of the guys was scrolling LinkedIn jobs all day last week at the office"
Do they just look or are trying to get another job, interview, etc.?
Anyone can look at LinkedIn
@az "Welcome to Corporate America. It is what it is. We are nothing more than cogs in a wheel."
No one is stopping you from starting your own company, or immigrating to another country via a work visa or another visa program. If you hate Corporate America this much, I doubt you will love Corporate Australia or Corporate UK, or even Corporate France more. Not to mention Corporate Canada with much lower pay and higher unemployment rates.
@OP I would like to remind you that you live in the Land of the Free and you can find another job if you don't like this one. Whining and complaining can make you feel better for a bit, but won't change anything. And if you cannot find anything better, then be happy with what you have.
That has been Denver office has been since August 2024 until I was ushered out in the last wave…
Unfortunately they think it’s a better tho g to prolong layoffs than just let people pick their end date or be done asap. They think they are helping us by keeps bugs in a job we won’t have after a certain date.
But in actuality… it’s worse for them current unaffected associates and the ones being laid off. But their goal is to make us quit without severance.
Welcome to Corporate America. It is what it is. We are nothing more than cogs in a wheel.
If people on your team are being let go then you should start looking for another job. Your time might be coming to an end too.