Some of the issue is there are people leading that strive more for control than driving positive results and holding their teams accountable especially in P&I. In the same division (P&I), you also have the push of tech from legacy people who are outdated in their roles and truly do not understand tech and do not know how to set-up teams/process to make it successful. The President sits idly by, creating a business around certain people and allowing them to impede progress with no accountability instead of setting a clear vision and driving to result. KOCG has lost business and they acquired Motion to hide the financials across Kelly. Profits are being recorded at the expense of people instead of replacing non-performing leaders year over year. The smart leaders at the Officer level have left on their own so their legacy is not tied to what is happening to people.
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Everything anyone needs to better understand Kelly's strategy is in their Q1 2023 Investor presentation.
- Kelly has not made any financial investments in P&I in over 3 years
- Kelly has no plans to make strategic acquisitions in near future state to invest in P&I
- Branches are not part of the delivery strategy on a go-forward
- When they cashed out of their equity stake in PERSOLKELLY JV, they took the cash and reinvested in the US with acquisitions for: Education 3x, SETT: 2x and OCG: 1x
- Prioritizing Our Focus: "P&I and International" are under the header that states "Optimize Operations and Drive Efficiencies to Accelerate Organic and Inorganic Growth” there is an arrow points away from P&I and International and points to -------> SETT, Education and OCG.
Conclusions
- Kelly is exiting the commercial staffing business in the US; they purposefully are shrinking it and Tim get to keep his job
- Kelly is exiting the staffing business in EMEA
- Kelly is now a specialty staffing in the US and will only deliver OCG solutions globally, no staffing
Who was the head of technology these days? They don't even bother to list that on the website anymore.
I was not sh-t-canned this round but I am sure looking over my shoulder (KellyOCG). I don’t get why the BU presidents are still in their jobs - our business results aren’t any kind of healthy - month after month. Dupree and Browning seem to lead charmed lives. But they fire the heads of technology and Marketing - some kind of blame deflection ? I don’t get it, y’all.
I was caught in a smaller RIF at Kelly some 5 years ago, after surviving several in prior years. I was almost 60, and a bit scared, but mostly I felt unappreciated. But after the requisite couple of benders and bi--h sessions I chose to turn it into a positive. I thanked Kelly for my wonderful past and then got very excited about creating a new future. I knew my worth… and yes… I’ll admit it.. I wanted to “show them”. Well it worked. I’ve had the 5 best years of my life since I left. I’ve grown in a million ways. So I challenge all to turn this to your positive. Kelly had to do what they had to do. Like it or not now you need to do the same. I’m happy to talk to anyone who wants the help. You can find me on linked in. But don’t expect me to indulge you if you want to get real negative, thats unnecessary energy.
One last thing - the kelly alumni network is amazing. We’re everywhere. You are not alone.
With layoff numbers this large, the Warn Act requires 60 days notice before termination. Kelly is getting around this by having changed the employees' locations in the months before this. My daughter, who was included in this recent round of layoffs, noticed in the spring that her location had changed from the Troy, MI site to a California site, even though nothing else had changed in terms of reporting or any other movement. She mentioned it to friends in her department and found they had a similar change. This seems to me to be a fraudulent attempt to violate the Warn Act. My daughter has no interest in pursuing this in court, but if anyone else does, be aware of this.
Issue is that they also didn't consider any transition plans to backfill any projects. I've also heard multiple managers saying they weren't even made aware until the day of and weren't given a voice in who stays and who goes. This is the exact type of thing that either pi---s people off or makes them lose faith in the company. If we're only seen as a cost with no actual planning around what projects/roles are important to retain, then anyone could be next during the next round.
I wonder how much KPMG had to do with this process. It's also interesting that the shareholders largely sold stock (down 6.5%) after a move meant to "optimize costs." I guess that move backfired didn't it?
How many rounds of layoffs are there going to be? How can they keep doing this and continue to operate?
Re". You're way off with that number and those who were laid off deserve better than a made up number. I'm in a position at Kelly that gives me knowledge of the exact number. Let's just say it's in the area of 250."
Bro, do you think those who were laid off care how many went with them? If you are "in a position at Kelly that gives you knowledge" you should hang your head in shame. And resign.
You're way off with that number and those who were laid off deserve better than a made up number. I'm in a position at Kelly that gives me knowledge of the exact number. Let's just say it's in the area of 250.
Every president and sr. VP and Peter need to go.
Kelly would be better off with Carl leading again.
Sorry to hear that. Hope everyone lands on their feet soon.
Gonna be changes at the top I hope. Some of those business unit presidents just watching their businesses die.