That seems especially assholish to me. Playing with people's lives for no good reason. I know folks who left good jobs last year to join Salesforce who are now jobless. I know it's always a possibility and everybody needs to consider that as a risk when making employment decisions, but it still doesn't make it right.
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I think it is ridiculous to layoff someone you invested time and money and resources into hiring just months or less than a year ago. Obviously they were hired because they were seen to be a strong potential fit given recent market information and aren't someone who was a good fit 5+ years ago, and may not be. I think smart managers are less likely to layoff their newest high potential people or their "top performers".
With tenured folks or promising newcomers who are aligned to products/teams that are underperforming, I'd suggest retraining over layoffs anyway.
Man, it's called FIFO queue: first in, first out... quite normal, isn't it?
You reap what you sow. Enjoy that overinflated severance!
You jumped from a company that wanted to you. You wanted more money. Greed always has a dash of risk painted on it.
If you were get another amazing offer, you’ll jump ship again. I doubt you have pledged loyalty to SF
A company should always consider employee loyalty as one of the criteria. If all things remain the same, a new employee should be fired before a long timer
I left SF for what I thought was a growth opportunity and got laid off from that company after eight months. Who knows if I would have been laid off by SF if I had stayed? This sucks for every single person impacted, whether new or long tenured. It’s just an awful situation all the way around.
Grow up this is nothing new. The risk is always there jumping ship for greener grass. All of these companies get too big for their britches and go into bloated empire building phase. The other show always drops at some point. Maybe if you were paying attention instead of goofing off and making tiktok videos it would not be so shocking.
Is it better to lay off people who have been their longer? Some people have been changing jobs at the drop of a hat and this is one of the downsides. Why keep someone who you will have to train when you are laying off?