I was LR’d and it hurt but frankly, now that a few days have gone by, I am glad. New beginnings require old ways and habits to change. So many people were let go that many said were “top performers “. I don’t know about that. In the short time I was there it was obvious who old management liked and didn’t - those that were considered “top” had the worst attitudes... always something to complain about. I heard them talk badly about new leadership without any reason other than what I can only guess is no open mindness to change. In the few years I was there nothing was delivered other than meetings after meetings where so-called architects would just talk and talk without any action to come of it. Top-heavy management and reviews and processes all in the name as Agile which was anything but. I am sad because I realize I wasted two years out of college in this group - all because of management and their golden child “architects” that never did anything but complain and stifle delivery with process and impossible standards. So now I rebuild. Start new. My only solace is that now I see that I spent the last two years getting a Master’s in what to avoid going forward. I just wish I could have stayed around with the new leader that let us go to see where things would go. I thought there was good change coming... maybe this was it and what was needed to move forward. If any of you managers or architects are reading this I say take some accountability for this. You let it come to this. Have some humility and learn because your behavior and attitude and decisions affect many lives.
Not that I approve the cuts, much less the way that they have been done, but if it does happen it’s important to find the positives and move on in the best way that you can.Thought that this post ( @W2eF5i1-1xwh ) gave some good advice, but it also points out the flawed culture that contributed to all of this a great deal.