Employees fear job loss due to company layoffs
10 posts across 7 communities in the last 60 days; 40% from r/Layoffs.
“Our team went from a solid group to basically skeleton crew status practically overnight. No warning, no discussion , just three of our best teammates suddenly reassigned to a different team, gone from one day to the next. Now we’re down to a team of 4 and we don’t even have…”
“My manager got laid off today and we are only two people on the team. He was working with the company for more than 10 years. I asked him and he said it was because of the performance and we are in the accounting dept. Should I be worried?”
“I was told a few weeks ago that I was going to be moving to a new team. I was devastated since I loved my team and manager but understood I had no choice. The company is going through a restructuring. I still support my old team, clients and still work very closely with my…”
Several employees express concern about widespread job insecurity and the risk of termination with little or no notice, citing recent industry trends where companies have abruptly laid off staff. This creates a climate of uncertainty and anxiety among workers.
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“My manager got laid off today and we are only two people on the team. He was working with the company for more than 10 years. I asked him and he said it was because of the performance and we are in the accounting dept.…”
“I was told a few weeks ago that I was going to be moving to a new team. I was devastated since I loved my team and manager but understood I had no choice. The company is going through a restructuring. I still support my old team, clients and still work very closely with my previous managers. Recently my new manager mentioned that I have to put myself in an available status in one of the portals I use. He also mentioned that I have keep changing my status if I walk away for lunch/breaks and then”
“Always think of pivoting. If you're on a team that had layoffs last round, but you weren't affected, know that you could be next. At a company which had layoffs in your organization? Yes, you are likely stacked, and you may be next [re: If your company started doing layoffs and you weren't directly affected, would you start applying?]”
“Title – with all the layoff news, if your company did a large wave of layoffs in light of "restructuring", would you begin applying elsewhere? Why or why not? What factors would influence your decision? Example, with Netflix – great comp and perks, but is that reason to avoid preparing for the worst? submitted by /u/Seinhauser [link] [comments]”
“Sign of a layoff , my manager scheduled a random team meeting for the first of October… around lunch?? Is this a sign …of being laid off? Possibly ? The entire team of 15 is us . We rarely have team meetings submitted by /u/Academic_Fondant_850 [link] [comments]”
“Recently, 3 of my team members were laid off. We handle systems QA but I am a systems engineer. We have members in the US and India, but the 3 team members affected were all lower level QA testers in the US. One of my buddies is a principal engineer and said there was an internal org meeting where it was decided to restructure the QA team to be all offsite, but technical staff would be unaffected. The recent 4-5 new hires have all been in India, so it makes sense. Has this happened to anyone els”
“I am currently working for an HR consulting group and after months of being told our team was safe from the craziness that had been happening company wide, half of us, myself included, got laid off today. We have a little time before our final date and will be receiving severance pay, but the way it was handled was flippant, hurtful, and not up to a standard that a group of HR professionals would expect. I’m perplexed as to what to do. I was essentially doing generalist/benefits admin work (gain”
“People are starting to jump ship on my team and I’m not sure what to do. With everyone leaving it’s going to make my job a lot more difficult but I’m scared of the job market right now. Do I take a chance and leave? I’m a CPA in a niche SALT field submitted by /u/Perfect_Law9243 [link] [comments]”
“I am helping, supporting, coaching a friend and former colleague on his job transition. The company we both worked at has been "restructuring" itself once a year for the past 5 years. This year was his turn. He landed a consulting job in a huge corporation, we analyzed that this was a good idea because it would help him generate some income, keep him busy and have a smoother transition to a full time job. He asked me not to share this with anyone in our former company, he said: I dont”
“I’ve been working at my company for seven years and during that time our team has dwindled down from 25+ to now 3. We have had regular lay offs every six months or so since 2022. Last week was the most surprising round of lay offs when we went from 8 to 3. We were struggling to keep up with volume as it was and our team was really strong. It felt totally blindsiding to lose almost our entire team and have no idea what is changing, what the expectation is, etc. At the drop of a hat, monthly bonus”
“I got laid off a month ago. I didn't see it coming. I had so much work to do and I had great performance reviews. In my team, I did everything from project planning to deciding what to build, defining the product strategy, reviewing the designs, coming with feature requirements, writing stories, testing and much more. The company I worked for is a big company, which is still outdated technology wise so it's not AI that took my job. What's surprising though is that I was the only one”
“Our team went from a solid group to basically skeleton crew status practically overnight. No warning, no discussion , just three of our best teammates suddenly reassigned to a different team, gone from one day to the next. Now we’re down to a team of 4 and we don’t even have proper backend coverage anymore, just one BE developer holding it all together. Nobody’s told us why, nobody’s told us what’s next. Just said budget issue.It’s exhausting trying to stay motivated and productive when you have”
“Today in my mortgage company (not directly handling mortgages just internal paperwork) my floor manager took my group into a meeting room. Now, I knew we weren't all being laid off, but others had that concern. As the meeting started one blurted out right away "Please tell me what this is about right now." And as predicted it wasn't about firings. She was dismayed to think that it was even considered. I explained, "This is a cyclical business, you just laid off every temp”