Layoffs today. Managers found at 10am. They had no input
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Yea it's obviously someone from hr. None the fake reviews mention the layoffs or the outsourcing. They even include the core competencies in the review lol
The company is still pumping out the fake glassdoor reviews. I mean at least put some effort into writing them ffs. Here's a few gems:
"Changing yes, but change can be very good"
"Thoughtful, adaptive leadership in times of crisis"
"You've got my endorsement"
really? after laying off 10% (give or take) of the workforce people actually hold these views? yeah right. Make sure y'all leave behind a glassdoor review laying the facts if you havent already. Cant have these fake a– review drown out the truth
One day is all it takes for you? Lmao
Remember all those useless townhalls? The nepotism? The ruthless layoff?
Well glad to see their grasp at straws throw things at the wall in an attempt to boost morale is working on someone.
I hate to admit this, just because the ceo gave us an extra day off, I'm starting to like him more.
Still disappointed about the long term incentive only being for the top 25 percent
Made sense as layoffs had to happen. I agree that they didn't pick the correct people to layoff but they probably factored in salary too
I disagree. Not all the layoffs made sense. Some were exceeding expectations and promoted. How do those make sense?
Speaking for myself here, but no pitty party needed. Getting laid off from icims was the best thing to happen to me....up until getting hired at Pathmark as a cart rounder. My team calls me Fla$h, I have my own locker with My Little Pony stickers on the front of it and I get a discount on seasonal chocolate. Halloween can’t come soon enough. Gotta run, big day tomorrow...I’m setting up the cones for the seniors line at 5am.
“When the going get tough, the tough get going”.
- Fla$h
I still have my job but I have ptsd from the day layoffs were happening. It was terrifying.
Layoffs made sense but the way they handled it and how they are handling life after layoffs is what's so upsetting
“ Comepany star ted pandamaic to lay of pour perphormers”
Don’t turn people’s traumatic experiences into a joke. These are people’s livelihoods that were cut short during a pandemic. It’s nothing to joke about.
Comepany star ted pandamaic to lay of pour perphormers
Does any department have objectives
I don't see anything wrong with it. Why would a company pick someone who isn't working over someone who is working
"Unfortunately it's completely legal."
I’m going to guess no mid year promotions as my department doesn’t even have objectives and it’s May.
People on maternity leave and fmla for a medical reason were laid off
Unfortunately it's completely legal.
"Was someone on maternity/medical leave laid off?"
Was someone on maternity/medical leave laid off?
There's talk internally and the management level about the stack ranking. It happened and was documented. There's even talk that some had open HR concerns with their managers and some were on leave (med and maternity) when this all went down.
Where's the person that was certain about icims stopping annual merit raises lmao
A lot of exceeding expectations were let go. Someone promoted this year was let go. It was a mix of poor performers, high salaries and ROI. Many positions were outsourced too.
For any executive reading this, no employee is going to reveal themselves. A lot of employees have felt this for a while, but this site and glassdoor are the only place they can be honest about how they feel
Using YE reports and sorting by score misses a key group of individuals: those who were promoted to the next level mid year and will not be able to Exceed expectations in just 6 months.
Someone told me the same. A lower India percentage though
"Right now they have around 20 engineers in India that will start in late may. I heard they are going to hire less in US, and hire a lot of engineers in India. My source told me 50 percent of engineers in India is the goal.
So sad. Start looking for new jobs
How do you know the employee wasn't rated low?
"Of course they started with low performers. But no special list was created. It's called YE performance reports. Its easy to just export all the performance reviews and sort-by rating. I lost a team member that was not a low performer which is why I know there was no explicit stack ranking done for the purpose of layoffs."
Of course they started with low performers. But no special list was created. It's called YE performance reports. Its easy to just export all the performance reviews and sort-by rating. I lost a team member that was not a low performer which is why I know there was no explicit stack ranking done for the purpose of layoffs.
"I promise there was a list managers were asked to make. And that list def. influenced the lay-off decisions."
"They based the layoffs on something. They didn't randomly pick people. My team lost the worst performers"
Well... the people doing the engineers doing the interviews know a lot more than you think. I know the number they plan to hire... and it’s scary. Someone mentioned it below
Where does everyone get all these inside details from? I feel only VPs and c suite would know this stuff
I heard similar rumors too. More engineers in India. Less in US. I didn't get any specific numbers
"Right now they have around 20 engineers in India that will start in late may. I heard they are going to hire less in US, and hire a lot of engineers in India. My source told me 50 percent of engineers in India is the goal.
So sad. Start looking for new jobs"
Is there a manager on here? Seems like there's at least one based on the details we get
Right now they have around 20 engineers in India that will start in late may. I heard they are going to hire less in US, and hire a lot of engineers in India. My source told me 50 percent of engineers in India is the goal.
So sad. Start looking for new jobs
I promise there was a list managers were asked to make. And that list def. influenced the lay-off decisions.
They based the layoffs on something. They didn't randomly pick people. My team lost the worst performers
So if there wasn’t stack ranking do you think the Vista test played a part?
Toilet Squatter that is absolutely untrue. There was no stack ranking.
They got rid of almost a full territory team in Services. That team was in the best territory for renewals in Q2. Based off of the rank assumption, that would make The VP guilty of firing renewal producing service members. That doesn’t make sense. There was something more at play there. (lack of icims sprit or lower Vista score for that test taken last year that was not supposed to count)
Re: Yes, he did. Managers in various departments around calibration time in February were asked to stack rank their teams. The VPs reported back who the lowest-ranking employees were and that is who was cut.
So we know AL read this lol
Yes, he did. Managers in various departments around calibration time in February were asked to stack rank their teams. The VPs reported back who the lowest-ranking employees were and that is who was cut.
Re: I don’t think he planned layoffs prior to Covid. In his first meeting he said he wanted to take this to a 2,500+ employee company.
Completely agree that he(and Vista) wants run things their way with zero regard for what the company has stood for the past 20 years, but I don’t think he planned layoffs prior to Covid. In his first meeting he said he wanted to take this to a 2,500+ employee company. He’s all about profit and growth at any cost. Vista is just about profit and the easiest way for them to cut costs due to Covid was in payroll. It’s a new iCIMS that is no longer a great place for to work(unless you’re one of Vista’s execs).
Layoff was happening no matter what. New ceo wants to run things differently
Probably not. Seems they just wanted to slim things down a bit.
“Anyone notice that the q2 numbers looked great? Was this lay-off necessary :(“