It's an hones question. This is nerve wracking and has forever changed my opinion about this once wonderful company.
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Companies generally do not announce departments who will be affected by a layoff not out of spite but to be practical. If Fido announces they will layoff 3 people in Westlake PAS, for example, the people who are most likely to leave that department will be top performers, because they can. Top sales people could hop to another group not under the gun, or simply leave the firm. Those are the ones the firm wants to retain. Poor performers will find moving within the firm difficult because of their review scores/rankings.
You also run the risk of people just stopping work. Some may have a fatalistic view, Well I'm getting laid off in July anyway, why try for the next few months."
It's painful, all talks of layoffs is. But there is a reason.
Why? They.Don't.Care. You are a commodity to them. Nothing more.
@wie - My point exactly - as soon as they would announce it, pretty much all folks would be running for exits
If they would have said in January, "We are playing on a RIF in July" then half of my department would be working for competitors.
Withholding info from the people it affects the most is not just not good business. It makes me angry right down to my core, this is how I know it is incorrect. There seems to be very little heart/head connection and all the benefits and employee perks in the world can't make up for a lack of true caring at the top. It will always filter down.
Layoff's are NEVER easy, I have seen many companies go through the process and keeping employee's "in the dark" is a necessary evil. The company is doing OK given the difficult circumstances. And no, I am not in management and don't know if I am personally effected.
find me one company that does this better than us.
i am not saying we are doing it correctly, i am simply stating that all companies behave in a similar way - they withhold info until the are ready to announce things
Change management and internal communication management has never been our strong suit... We do this well when it comes to clients, yet, internally we should be able to do so much better.
They may want to consider to use some of the folks that handle client communication and move them to handle internal communication during major events like this round of layoffs.
HONEST not HONES - sorry for the typo