I keep seeing 3/3 is the big day, but what is so special about 3/3? Has anyone heard anything about 2/17? It’s a Tuesday after the largest payday of the year. And, Monday is a holiday. For me, the application I work on is supposed to retire on 3/1 and the work I’m doing over the next 2 weeks is kind of throw away. Just curious why 3/3?
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First Tuesday of the month is the biggest because there are so many, it takes 4 weeks to process the paperwork in India, and the trolls in India HR doing all the work need to be fed occasionally.
They do a big layoff on 2/17, they risk paying severance to some people who were planning to quit anyway after getting their bonus. There might be some layoffs next week but its likely to be small, they'll give it awhile to achieve whatever post-bonus attrition might happen naturally.
There will be layoffs every other Tuesday. Don't think you're safe just because of a random post here.
The troll would have a harder time pumping it up, so they're always a month away. If it were next week people would actually remember the last one turning out to be nothing.
It’s long enough to not lay-off all the people that will quit or resign in droves after bonus. Just another cost cutting measure