Friends Ignoring and ghosting to those impacted by layoff is a life long tradition and a feature in Cisco. First timers are in shock.
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Yes, I experienced that big time. Many people that I spent so much political capital on to get promotions for completely forgot me. Not even a word of support. It hurt for a while but I’m doing fine outside Cisco and now I’m going to be equally petty if they ever need help. Takes two to tango.
I concur. When I was impacted, nobody really helped with offering connections or finding suitable jobs in their location. Most people just ghosted. Once you’re out, it feels like you’re treated as if there’s nothing to gain anymore.
I helped my past colleagues a lot with stretch assignments and work when I could. Honestly, I felt pretty used after that.
And the “be kind to one another and support each other” messaging after layoffs didn’t really match what I experienced.
The friends and co-workers I thought were good trusted connections, were no longer true, as they realized I got a severe LR disease. A sudden and depressing change been laid off, I became outside their circle. They congratulated themselves having been spared, and didn’t want anything to do with me anymore. Perfectly understandable situation. This is how ghosting works.
Friends at work and friends in life are not the same thing. A lot of people you only know from work you don't have non-work contact information. When the layoff happens suddenly and you no longer see the person you have lost the opportunity to get the information.