How exactly are we supposed to continue functioning? This is an honest question, how do they think half the people will handle the same amount of work?
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My team was half cut and they kept the lowest performers and fired my best performers ? Sh-t , what are the criteria ?
You follow the company line of "acting like an owner".
You know... Owners who are a family of billionaires, DO NO WORK FOR THE COMPANY, and face no risk of layoff.
Pizza party to improve moral is coming. Limit 1 slice-- bring your own drink.
You will be asked to "Exceed Expectations" to get an under-inflation salary increase and no bonus.
Dont. Do as little as you can. Why work hard for a company that doesnt care about you? Loyalty does notngo both ways. F em.
Most of my team is gone too. People are just walking around aimlessly at the office. This is insane. I'll just wait around and do the bare minimum while waiting for next layoffs. Honestly no desire to be employed by Cargill any longer.
You don’t. You make the business suffer as a result of their poor decisions. If you pick it up and do double the work, you are only proving them right and will hurt yourself in the process.
Please whatever you do, do not work more than you are compensated to do. We need the leaders to feel the impact of their actions. The WORST thing people can do for the next 6-12 months is do more with less. Do exactly the same amount (or less if you’re working more than a reasonable fulltime person should work). Say no when you’re asked to stretch more and longer. If this week has shown nothing else, Cargill and the family do not care about your wellbeing.
Hello!? Honestly wondering if the new pay bands will be higher because this increased work load looks impossible
Only half? I'm the only one left. Everyone including my manager is gone. No indication of when i'll hear about new manager or role changes.
You don't. You look for efficiencies, opportunities to reprioritize or cancel work, and communicate through data and metrics about where things are stacking up. The Spotify CEO was "surprised" that the day to day operations were affected when they laid off 17% of their staff. Elon Musk advocates to cut more than necessary, then add back as needed. The folks who made the layoff decisions are too far away from the work to understand what they've done.
Just let it play out, and take care of yourself.
Work 2x as hard or get fired I guess...