Seriously one of the scariest moments of my career was when a couple of the partners at my company came waking down the hallway and pulled one of my coworkers into the conference room and shut the door. Even when I found out I still had a job, the fear never went away - and about 6 months later that fear was realized, but I was prepared.

A company’s loyalty is ALWAYS to the company. The employees are seen as a liability, not so much an asset.

@RegisteredNurseL.A.

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. You become sick, they don’t care. They just want to know when you’re coming back and if you can fulfill your duties like you could prior to your illness. I know this because I’m going through this right now. You’re just a warm body to them

The survivors are not just traumatised, but are also about to be overworked for no extra pay. The work of those who were laid off needs to be done by someone, and many companies have enabled their hiring freeze.

@asadb1990

Жыл бұрын

About the overwork, you need to be smart about it. Show you are willing but that your plate is too full. That way you won't take on 100% unlike the fools who start overperforming and making the smart workers look bad.

@cooldudicus7668

Жыл бұрын

I used to work at a meat packibg plant during Covid. We had a wave of it hit us. I was lucky and did not get it, but others did. They got unemployment that paid more than if they were working. Meanwhile, the rest of us were doing their work. The feelings were mixed. We were concerned about the well being of our coworkers but mad that they got more money than us to sit around the house all day and do nothing.

@cooldudicus7668

Жыл бұрын

​@@asadb1990That does not make sense. You have to step up and get the job done. If that means doing more work, do it. Working smart as you say it is just being lazy and sneaky. Better said, trying to be sneaky.

@asadb1990

Жыл бұрын

@cooldudicus7668 dude you are a blue collar worker where you get paid hourly and hence ot is part of the equation. Im talking about working at the offices. Where im salaried. I get a certain amount of work that keeps me pretty busy during the 40h im paid. If i foolishly work faster or pickup the slack of other workers, its gonna hurt me as i will doing the extra work for no monetary benefit and possibly also introduce working late in my life. I can't leave early for finishing early so no point in working any harder except for absolute emergency or if i had appointments for which i had to miss work. I also used to work service/retail work as well and i had a similar approach. The hard workers were falling apart by the end of the shift as they expected to do more. Meanwhile i ended my shift just exhausted of boredom. I was still fine in terms of employment. I then during university found out about casual after hours security work where i got paid to just show up. Now despite my salaried job i still work security on the weekend for extra money.

Job security is a myth. Always be prepared to be able to find another job if you were to get laid off today.

@Mita0.0.0

Жыл бұрын

This. I have always had a plan B and it has never failed me. I also make sure I have savings and are ready for the what if’s. I done this since young and never been without a job for more then a month or two.

So true. I was there. The worst are your collegues, the backstabbers, not the companies.

@TonklinFallen

11 ай бұрын

The company builds the culture of it's employees. If the workers are backstabbing a-holes, you can bet it is backstabbing a-holes all the way up to the CEO.

@Info-God

11 ай бұрын

@@TonklinFallen Unsecure leadership creates, allows the a-holes. You are right.

I made it through 3 rounds of layoffs. I totally was not the same.

Family is at home work is people you're forced to deal with without choice!

Yeah, I hate it when a company says "we're all family here" or some such. That's such a steaming load of manure. 💩 😡

@c4me540

Жыл бұрын

They know they are talking 🗑️. They just want to feed the gullible

@TonklinFallen

11 ай бұрын

That's one of my red flags. I up and walked out if an interview after one of them said "We pride ourselves on looking on our workers like our family....". My response to the following question was "I don't think you are a good fit gor what I am looking for, thank you for your time and interest, which way is the exit?"

@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms

11 ай бұрын

When someone says family, I add the word dysfunctional to that word.

Employers lie 💯 of the time. Not only are employees left with trauma but now they have double, triple and plus workloads. Way to exhaust a person mentally and forget about their wellness.

Also, who do you think will do your laid-off coworkers job now?

Workers unionize and unite!

@cpK054L

Жыл бұрын

Engineers don't unionize.

@Ash-so2sr

Жыл бұрын

@@cpK054L they should

@cpK054L

Жыл бұрын

@@Ash-so2sr why? So that we get shafted even harder? My industry is filled with Indians. All they have to do is BAN H1B visas and 90% of problems solved

its always better to be the first person laid off than to survive a layoff.

@Info-God

Жыл бұрын

Tell me after 7 months and 2 mass layoffs. I was in the 3rd wave. 2 more followed. 80-85% gone. Remained the "best".

@annie-sc

Жыл бұрын

All I see is more workload for those who "survived"

@Info-God

Жыл бұрын

"How" did they survive? If they are the "best" then there should be no problems for them. If the company lost work then, there is not a "big deal" for the "best".

@Mita0.0.0

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

Comraderie is very important in a work environment. Mass lay offs completely destroy that.

@TonklinFallen

11 ай бұрын

Management don't see comaradarie as a good thing. Workers being friends means workers talking to each other and trusting each other. Workers talking and trusting each other means workers that stand up for each other.... this means Union. So destroy employee friendship at every opportunity, keep them at each others throats.

Very timely video for me. My company executed a 5% layoff just yesterday, including one of my direct reports. I want my remaining team members to be able to count on me for support, but I'm really processing this and still figuring out what it means for my own future at this company. Thank you for the reality check and great advice, as always!

Just got laid off last week. Had dinner with a former co-worker and that's exactly what he said. Everybody is expecting wage reductions and more layoffs by the end of the year.

Correct. Think about leaving. Have a side hustle you can convert to full time. There is no security in these corporate jobs.

Happens all the time. Even when things are going good. I worked in Mergers & Acquisitions for a bit, theyd go in and reshuffle the business, some people would lose jobs, simple as. In the short term it works but never in the long term

I recently quit my job, at a company that weeks ago laid off a bunch of people with no notice whatsoever. My boss had the audacity to ask me when my last day was going to be. Uhhh, how about right now?

@jenniferbond7073

9 ай бұрын

That is so kick ask! Very brave. Did u have a job lined up? Anyway, how are you doing now? I hope spectacular.

@Hebe-ek1ul

6 ай бұрын

I'm impressed.

Employer loyalty is dead. The company is not your family

Two companies that laid me off in the past I’m glad now they did as I’m sure I would be anxious each year. Even my last company which involuntarily left had layoffs throughout the year. Not a way to function daily.

Maintain being the captain of your own ship. Your crew is mainly just you. Always keep it seaworthy and ready to sail.

@TeresaKayWilliams

8 ай бұрын

So well said!

I’m glad to see you doing shorts First of all because I love doing them, and second of all because you give great advice. Thanks.

Gone are the days of working 30-40 years at a company like my parents did. I dont think I've worked more than 2.5 years at a company. Which in my industry isn't seen as good but it is what it is

company analysis for job seekers... i think this might be a promising new business

Truth. I had survived many layoffs over the years. I felt like Neo dodging bullets. Except as I watched those fall around me I knew one day I'd catch one. Indeed the older I got, the more likely. I planned accordingly. Paid off my home early. Paid my cars off. Set aside one years expenses and built my retirement funds. My day arrived recently. I received a decent severance package. I am now looking at other opportunities. Fortunately I have no immediate financial pressures.. indeed my biggest concern is INSURANCE. Its an interesting job market out there....

Fantastic advice, employers better listen up

My company recently laid off over 2000 people. I was not one of them. My department wasn't hit that hard. But I did my own investigation and saw they are doing a mass hiring for my position. Even though they said we are full? Seemed odd...then I saw on the posting that the pay rate is way below what I was hired at and I was on the lower end when hired. I also got a "friendly" talk with a superior about using my PTO sooner than later and even though I can carry over a week, I don't have to...hmmm. trying to get me to use my PTO now so they don't have to pay it out with my severance? Maybe I'm overthinking it but I updated my resume and am keeping an eye on positions

I've always been disturbed by employers who mention workers as family because I'm not related to them. So the term is used in a completely false way.

When I got laid off from my last job amid the pandemic 4 years ago I had a good enough safety net to fall back on and the feeling between me and my boss was mutual as that job was really getting too stagnating (some people have suggested to me about going back to work there and I'm like HELL NO!). As my late grandfather told me several years earlier when getting my first job coming out of college is that a career will come with many twists and turns and that many opportunities will arise in the future, which it did with a good job transition for me 3 years ago. And looking back when I left my past employer driving out saying "goodbye forever" I could've gave the Nixon wave getting into my car. Lol

Yep. Was told a very head person of our team being let go was an “opportunity” for all of us. The new leaders were asked straight out by a team member, “are we next?” These people are crazy and very unpredictable. No care for how this effects a team as a whole.

I'm just happy I've made it a year since it's announced my division is being shut down and layoffs started in January. I keep getting extended and know 100% it will be some day but it gives me time to put away money so that I'm not desperate for a new job. Thankfully Massachusetts has the best unemployment in the country (#7 due to cost of living but my expenses are low compared to Boston) 50% up to 30 weeks.

Went thru banch of these. This feeling last for few days, than it's gone. Back to day to day operation. Until the next one, until you don't really care.

I will never see companies as family, ever again 😂 do not fall for that emotional bullcrap

@Info-God

Жыл бұрын

Once you hear that expression "we are a family", then you know they look to eliminate at least one person. Usually the one who does good work.

Meijer retailers in the Midwest fired 400 people in their IT department back in 2015. To this day they send me job offers and I always decline nope.

That happened to me years ago when I survived a layoff and I reckoned I was getting laid off in due course and I left that job off my own accord! A couple of years later I found out that I was right and the people in my old team all ended up getting laid off like I had suspected and I felt I made the right choice in leaving off my own accord!

Yup its destroys morale or everyone left.

Our company did the layoffs in batches of 4-5 employees every other month over a year. Some employees were let go without any announcements. I don't think I was on the list for the next round but I found a new job anyway because I wanted to do something different.

So, so true…

I was laid off as Google TVC this month and they have so much work to do. I’m not sure why.

@asadb1990

Жыл бұрын

They just want to let go of the high paid staff and hire some fresh college kids for much cheaper.

@andrewmunczenski3632

Жыл бұрын

@@asadb1990 Not so much for the work that I did.

@asadb1990

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Munczenski not you specifically. But there are others they may have hired for much more. Also, depending on how long you have worked there, it could be that the company saw you lacking value, motivation, etc. Also if you were cheap to the company it may be as simple as being the easiest way to save the department money without a major layoff

@asadb1990

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Munczenski also remember once laidoff, to not focus too much on the why. Just move on and focus on the next job. And honestly is the worst route.

@andrewmunczenski3632

Жыл бұрын

@@asadb1990 so agree

My second job out of college was an eye-opener. I came on board that firm because they claimed they never laid off anyone due to the lack of work. This turned out to be a lie because after 9/11 they were laying off lots of people. I went through 6 rounds of layoffs before I was laid off. Some people were spared when my co-workers quit to find new jobs.

I survived the 1st wave... then I got picked for the 2nd wave... I'm the only one working to support my 2 kids and wife... pray for me...

Would say it's extremely rare a company stops after just one round of layoffs. Usually 3 or more rounds. Curious to see if there has ever been a study on the quantitative avg. for number of rounds of layoffs a company will announce after the 1st round.

It's horrible to be a survivor of a layoff. You end up doing twice as much work for the same pay without any job security.

@382u3uuej

Жыл бұрын

If the job is so easy that you can do twice as much in the same amount of time doesn't that mean you were barely working before? That's what I don't get about these comments, if they are going to drastically increase how much you work it means you worked at 50% capacity before.

@RuyGedares_GuyRedares

Жыл бұрын

​@@382u3uuejHow were you able to extrapolate the percentage at which someone works from said comments, or if the job was "easy" or not. Or the fact that the boss really cares if you can do twice the work or not. You dont get the comments because you keep assuming things. Try again.

I have had two oncology clinics close because they weren’t “profitable.”

It doesn't matter when the options are to starve or take a job. The workers hold no power and this abuse of workers will only intensify. Lay offs are a whip and they'll crack it again.

It's just as bad for people who worked through it. After ,now hardly enough people left to do all the jobs so the people that are left are loaded with all the extra work without any thanks. The worst thing , been applying for jobs and no one calls back. Tired of working 70 to 75 hrs a week.

So you could be the hardest and best worker and still be in the gun for lay-offs? What's the point, then?

@Rob--

Жыл бұрын

Many times they will lay off the higher paid workers.

@cpK054L

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rob-- my last company ironically let go of people that was actually doing the work

@c4me540

Жыл бұрын

Are you new to cooperate america? Lol I mean look at Google

@bekit7131

Жыл бұрын

Don’t apply in the first place

Howabout not applying to these scam businesses in the first place.

@ALifeAfterLayoff

Жыл бұрын

This would be a possible solution.

Survivors managers felt the impact of RIFs and are caringless if the projects are late.

This is why you become dependent in investments and real estate no risky plays though

Well said. I survived 2 rounds of lay offs at my job. This next round may get me. I have seen coworkers with more senority who have survived multiple rounds of lay offs get laid off. I now have a second job and if I get laid off, I can work more at my other job. It is tiring to work 2 jobs, but the peace of mind is so worth it. Lets go Brandon.

@jenniferbond7073

9 ай бұрын

I would just get the additional hours at the second job and drop the company laying off like a hot potato. I personally couldn’t live feeling like the hammer could come down any day.

After following your channel, NOBODY is safe!

Middle finger to loyalty. There is no loyalty on both sides. You just live for yourself and your family, not for your company. Companies too should stop expecting loyalty during interviews

I understand the “CEO of your career” statement but CEOs can also get laid off. “King of your career” 😅

I was laid off twice in 2 years from 2 different companies. :( I dont think I'll ever find a job again.

@someguyfromtheinternet5102

Жыл бұрын

Be a trucker. Its not layoff proof but that class a cdl will guarantee you a job nationwide.

@kas2047

Жыл бұрын

@@someguyfromtheinternet5102 totally would if it wasn't so dangerous for a small petite gal like me 😕

@someguyfromtheinternet5102

Жыл бұрын

@Ka S my ex is 4'11. And she hauls heavier and bigger loads then I do. But I get it. Trucking not a job. It's a lifestyle. It's not for timid people.

They say the only company that won’t lay you off is one you founded. Actually that is not true, just look at what happened to Steve Jobs, he was let go from Apple.

He's speaking like mass redundancies are a new thing. This has been going on since forever.

Never ever play things safe. Make companies at will just like how you are at will

This is one of many reasons I wouldn't stay at a job for more than a year.

@cpK054L

Жыл бұрын

I stayed at my last one for more than 3... I was waiting for that layoff and my impatience got me fired instead...close enough

THERE ARE NO SAFE JOB.

I have survived some layoffs in two companies, a decade each... its a rat race

The witching hour is coming for you...

I have gone through (and survived) multiple big lay off rounds, and to be honest I kind of find it exciting. I see it as part of corporate life. Also it can bring opportunity sometimes, for some people. Although there are situations in which you have no influence because they for example let go off an entire department, if you bring value to the company, this gives you a relatively high chance to survive. If you're an asset and they know it, they will find a way to keep you. Lesson: be an asset. If my employer wants to lay me off because they think they're better off without me, I wish them good luck. It will be their loss.