Got to love the hallow halls or in this case floors of Follett... must be like how the Germans felt when the Reich Chancellory and underground bunker were taken over and destroyed at the end of WWII
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There is no job security for any employee in any business that does not make a profit. Maurice F.
It is really true. The only safe jobs are the ones who own "the list" of those to be cut. Your time will come, it is not if, but when.
Two down is one of the best comments I have read on this board. You are not lucky to be let go if you don't have a job. It takes time to find the RIGHT job. You don't want to have to pick the first job offer you get. The company is clear, anything that can be outsourced will be outsourced. They will try to lower expenses to make the company look more profitable to outside buyers.
Soon the associates will all be back on one floor. Write off floor 5, don't need it. All that money spent on a new innovative workspace (which is awful btw) and now no people to fill it. No training no marketing no IT.
Your best move is to find work when you already have work. Those who have severance packages aren't too lucky (unless they were ready to quit and go to a new job anyhow, or they were in a position they could retire). Learn from this layoff. The company will cut your job. The only safe jobs belong to the ones who chose which jobs to cut.
Two years ago this "recovery" was yet to create many jobs. Follett had two years to right itself. It didn't The past two years should have been years of growing into the new, vital company they planned for. It's clear they they weren't planning. They were padding the bottom line. That's one of the things led to this layoff. It's time to get out. Follett is a poorly run, mean company. There's no future here.
i'm starting to think that the ones with a severance payment in hand are the lucky ones.
For how long ?
Still employed.