Heartbroken

Perhaps it’s because l’m young and still early in my career, but watching a mentor I admired get canned yesterday was one of the most heartbreaking things I ever experienced. We’re not talking about the average Joe, but an advocate who went up and beyond for everyone, and was so crucial to the systems and applications that we supported.

I can’t say it comes as a surprise. People have always warned me, but yesterday cemented that we really are just a number at the end of the day. Performance doesn’t matter.

I don’t know how my team’s gonna move forward after losing someone critical. This is not the same company I was excited about joining a few years ago.

#Culture #EmployeeRelations #Layoff #Leadership #Morale

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The first time I realized this was when I learned the official title for contractors was "Time and Materials". Corporations are so darn soul-less.

The absolute worst manager I ever had is still employed. One of the best I know was let go. It’s all so stupid.

When the best are let go it’s because the decision makers are threatened by them. So the abuse their power. Cigna knows that and they’ll have just cause to eliminate them without severance next when they can’t keep up with the aftermath.

there is no silver lining in this. this company has betrayed ppl who have gotten Cigna to this point.

As hard as it is, it’s good that you learned this lesson early in your career.

@a1 Agree. It was shocking and depressing to see how many of the best people were laid off over the last few weeks. I still can’t believe some of the high quality, talented, dedicated people they decided to axe.

@a1 What you see as the “best” and “been around forever” the employer sees as “expensive” and often “dead weight”.

They really laid off some of the best on 1/29 and 2/17

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