Looks like managers have no say in offices with massive amounts of staff (the consultation process would be too long, leaky). Small regional offices with limited staff is a different matter - some senior level consultations appear to have happened there.
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The couple of layoffs mentioned below are true, and happend in a relatively small regional office with few hundred employees. The reason it isn't making headlines just yet is, it was firings from TR-remainers not the F&R New co. Small tremors precede a major earthquake!
Oct 1 seems early- isnt closing after that?
Also if they are making senior leaders come up with layoff lists, that means BS is on to how managers have protected thier friends...
Few layoffs happened today in TR ie non-F/R staff that stayed back in TR. Fairly senior staff have been removed.
There is a re-org currently taking place in preparation for 1st October. Lots of people in my building (London) have been shuffled into other groups. In some cases it's the whole team who've been moved or merged. None of this has been announced but it's happening (& not secret, people seem to be free to talk about it).
This supports the view that decisions on who will be made redundant in October have already been made since it's unlikely they would shuffle staff around THEN decide who's being laid off.
My experience suggests that the author of the original post is correct - my manager and their peers have had little or no input - the final decision on who goes and who stays is being made by their boss who (to be frank) has very little knowledge of who does what - inevitably means that mistakes will be made and lots of talent, knowledge and experience will therefore be lost.
That isnt the normal process... in general how do you know this? Are you speculating or first hand knowledge?