The one thing missing from the metaphor is this: imagine that the doctor setting the bone is the one who broke your bone in the first place and will experience no repercussions for the malpractice. Most layoffs nowadays are due to incompetent executives making poor decisions. They get the bonuses and employees get the boot.
They told me to stop coming to the office, they had me sign this thing called a severance package and they took away my access card and e-mail. I'm thinking that maybe, just possibly, a layoff could be coming. Not sure.
After hearing a 1980s layoff story from an older co-worker, I feel like the "bone setting" technique requires more guts than most management has today. He described hundreds of people being invited to a surprise meeting, where they were then laid off by the CEO who addressed them directly and all at once. Today, I can't imagine something like that happening without the help of HR, security, and a Zoom call.
My side gig is writing resumes, as of a month ago my business has slid to an almost standstill- even seasonally adjusted for nov/dec. It’s just a data point but i’m kinda worried for our job market.
I work at a small business. 3 weeks ago, we had a staff meeting and we were told 30-50% of us would be laid off in 3 weeks. That week is now. I asked my supervisor if I would be one that would be let go. She said they haven't decided yet who is going. I asked to be told ahead of time so I could prepare. She said she'd do that. I haven't heard one way or the other. Am I staying? I dunno. Am I going? I dunno. I'm one of the newer employees here so I assume I'm going.
I wouldn't count on getting any advanced notice. HR and legal departments have plenty of good reasons (for them) why employees shouldn't be told ahead of time. Best wishes for you either way. Fwiw I was laid off once and it was the best thing career-wise that ever happened to me. I wound up with a better job working with better people. But it's a scary event, no doubt about that.
Bro..that was your “advance notice”. Don’t wait until the last minute start looking for a job already. The moment they made the announcement I would’ve already dusted off my CV and started my application process.
The truth is, your manager may not even know, and maybe her job is also on the table. The only ones that know are the executives and head of each team. The rest are all on the line.
The last time I was laid off, I was working at Countrywide. In 2007. The big tipoff was when the CFO personally visited our office to assure us that everything was ok. To be fair, though, I didn't even know what my job title was or what I was supposed to be doing. I spent most of my time there working on the great American novel. Now that I think of it, maybe I had something to do with the great American downturn.
Hypothetically, how do you bring the full force of the law against an employer that enacts SURPIRSE! layoffs without complying with the WARN act, among other things?
Thanks for the breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
@HH-le1vi yeah but businesses need to be held accountable for massive hring and firings I.e. mass layoffs. One simple way is to make the cost of layoffs sufficient so employers think about it in terms of hiring process.
@asadb1990 so if a company blows up then fizzles out who does the court hold responsible? Because a company can't always predict everything that's going to happen. On top of that companies need to be cleared out periodically. Some people flat out aren't good at being workers and they need to be removed from their job.
@@HH-le1vi yeah you talking about worst case scenario. In most cases companies are very much still doing fine post layoff. Again your case might get exception. But most companies should be able to pay the hefty severance. Get your lips off the company's member you lapdog
The one thing missing from the metaphor is this: imagine that the doctor setting the bone is the one who broke your bone in the first place and will experience no repercussions for the malpractice. Most layoffs nowadays are due to incompetent executives making poor decisions. They get the bonuses and employees get the boot.
I got shitcanned in February. Found a better job later on in May. They did me a favor.
They told me to stop coming to the office, they had me sign this thing called a severance package and they took away my access card and e-mail. I'm thinking that maybe, just possibly, a layoff could be coming. Not sure.
After hearing a 1980s layoff story from an older co-worker, I feel like the "bone setting" technique requires more guts than most management has today. He described hundreds of people being invited to a surprise meeting, where they were then laid off by the CEO who addressed them directly and all at once. Today, I can't imagine something like that happening without the help of HR, security, and a Zoom call.
Ugh, it’s such an anxiety-inducing, slow death. An unnecessarily toxic way to downsize.
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My side gig is writing resumes, as of a month ago my business has slid to an almost standstill- even seasonally adjusted for nov/dec.
It’s just a data point but i’m kinda worried for our job market.
I’m tired of all these mergers lately.
I work at a small business. 3 weeks ago, we had a staff meeting and we were told 30-50% of us would be laid off in 3 weeks. That week is now. I asked my supervisor if I would be one that would be let go. She said they haven't decided yet who is going. I asked to be told ahead of time so I could prepare. She said she'd do that. I haven't heard one way or the other. Am I staying? I dunno. Am I going? I dunno. I'm one of the newer employees here so I assume I'm going.
I wouldn't count on getting any advanced notice. HR and legal departments have plenty of good reasons (for them) why employees shouldn't be told ahead of time. Best wishes for you either way. Fwiw I was laid off once and it was the best thing career-wise that ever happened to me. I wound up with a better job working with better people. But it's a scary event, no doubt about that.
Bro..that was your “advance notice”. Don’t wait until the last minute start looking for a job already. The moment they made the announcement I would’ve already dusted off my CV and started my application process.
The truth is, your manager may not even know, and maybe her job is also on the table. The only ones that know are the executives and head of each team. The rest are all on the line.
The last time I was laid off, I was working at Countrywide. In 2007.
The big tipoff was when the CFO personally visited our office to assure us that everything was ok.
To be fair, though, I didn't even know what my job title was or what I was supposed to be doing. I spent most of my time there working on the great American novel.
Now that I think of it, maybe I had something to do with the great American downturn.
Notice when Ken said he was going to give advice to leaders he started with how to not "hurt the company." Maybe don't lead with that Ken.
Hypothetically, how do you bring the full force of the law against an employer that enacts SURPIRSE! layoffs without complying with the WARN act, among other things?
You engage an attorney to sue their pants off. If the case is good, the attorney will do it free of charge but will take 25 percent of the winnings.
I'm getting laid off.
Thanks for the breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
layoffs are 100% unethical - it literally destroys lives due to greed. My opinion
It's apart of business. Your job is not guaranteed. It doesn't need to be ethical.
@HH-le1vi yeah but businesses need to be held accountable for massive hring and firings I.e. mass layoffs. One simple way is to make the cost of layoffs sufficient so employers think about it in terms of hiring process.
@asadb1990 so if a company blows up then fizzles out who does the court hold responsible? Because a company can't always predict everything that's going to happen. On top of that companies need to be cleared out periodically. Some people flat out aren't good at being workers and they need to be removed from their job.
@@HH-le1vi yeah you talking about worst case scenario. In most cases companies are very much still doing fine post layoff. Again your case might get exception. But most companies should be able to pay the hefty severance. Get your lips off the company's member you lapdog
"Ethics" is some made-up bs.