Or to be more precise, who decides who gets laid off? Because that person has no idea what they're doing, from what I can see. Some of the best are gone, some of the laziest are still on the payroll. I'd really like to know how that makes any sense? What criteria is being used?
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There is a smart way and a cowards way of managing layoffs.
The smart way is you evaluate return on investment by product and business unit. You make decisions based on where your investment will return the most.
At Allscripts, they have decided not to do that work, but instead cut across the company to hit a cost reduction target. This means you will take out high value employees in important parts of your business to hit your number. Easier for the leaders, but ultimately really stupid. The 2nd thing is you do it once, let the company heal and move forward. The Allscripts model of firing people every quarter creates a culture of fear and self protection, not a culture of execution and growth.
Allscripts is a textbook in poor leadership.
This latest layoff is a great example. They forced managers to have annual compensation reviews where they discussed a delay in pay increases, and less then a week later they did the layoff and pay cuts. Really? You didn't know last week that you were in trouble?
I’ve gone through a few of these in a management role and in each case the BU director came to me and said “we’re laying these people off.” Zero input from the people actually working directly with staff. Horrid.
It isn’t all high salaried people. I know department let go some lower salaried staff when in fact some of the much higher salaried staff are still there.
Typically each “leader” is given a $ amount to hit. The number is so high that it is only achievable by cutting your more senior people. The cheaper you are, the longer you last. They don’t notice the productivity of the lesser as its assumed the cut is the reason not the team. Although, at the senior level its all about politics. You’re either in or out.
saw from google: https://histalk2.com/
"Word is that the board gave Black and Poulton six months in early March to cut $100 million per year in expenses. There was an expectation of laying off 1,000 to 1,500 people, but they likely used COVID to cut pay and travel to get layoffs into the 500-600 range. That will work only until full salaries return and travel picks back up.”
It's corporate America. They don't care who's the best because they don't care about quality. Once the product is sold, all bugs are added to the ever-growing list. And offshored to Jimmy and Johnny.