Our team was hit on Monday. We lost a couple of great people and we can definitely feel their absence. All of us feel awful for them. I think now I know what they mean when they talk about survivor's guilt concerning layoffs. It's going to take some time to get used to the new normal and not feel like cr-p.
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LL6 not handling this well. Started year with a group of 4, now down to 1. Work has not been eliminated. My top performing GSR was let go Monday - I had no say. That GSR had 29 years and actually delivered. I have no access to the GSR's files. Beyond stressed as to how I am going to deliver all the projects and my own. Also a pensioner, so I'm stressed about being in the crosshairs as well. This is absolute maddness.
Those of us that guy cut are the lucky ones! Those that remain are screwed. All that work has to go somewhere. Oh, and by the way, the threat of you being next is always hanging in the air.
Those of us that got cut are taking all the good openings. By time the survivors have had enough they'll be out of luck, and have to explain to their kids why they're working at Di-k's Sporting Goods!
How do you all KNOW who is a performer and who is not? That sounds very judgemental. Really, only the manager knows. Don't think you can eval people by the little speech they give at daily scrum. Yes I agree this cut was handled badly and its not necessary. Layoffs are destructive and there are so many other ways to cut expenses. Have a layoff only when payroll can't be met or there is no work at all for people to do.
@nad The only thing leadership looks at and cares about is the bottom line. Everything else is a distant 2nd. (More like 10th/11th or even farther down the list.) All companies have become sociopathic entities. I believe it started after the Y2K nothing burger.
A solid high performer can do twice as much work as an average or low performer and if that high performer is a more senior person they typically help guide more junior workers. If they keep getting rid of their senior high performers while keeping the under performers and inexperienced they will have (more) quality issues and will need to hire even more people as one one freshly out of college worker, even if they’re motivated, does not equal one more experienced high performer. This is not an advanced concept and it’s shocking that leadership doesn’t realize this.
I now have no management, and zero communication since Monday at 8am when both my LL6 and LL5 were laid off. The domino effect this is going to have is severely underestimated by senior leadership- the amount of work done that is lost, months and even years of research, plus so much technical skills and expertise. The distrust in our senior leadership has never been higher, which is proven by all the latest Pulse surveys.
Beyond devastated. Handled very poorly, as well as moving forward. I guess everyone will come out of their bunkers next week ? In the meantime the higher ups just keep whistling by the graveyard. SMH
Yes, I'm not liking how this is being handled. In some teams they are getting rid of high performing people and keeping non performers. They have hire again down the line to get the work down and again they complain about having too many people. Management has done terrible job. LL6s does not have any control over this and they are also not liking about this.