Anyone hear of layoffs or deferrals? Some friends had their kpmg internships deferred today

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Anyone (high performer throughout their career) laid off for non-performance related reasons, have you seen a severe dent on your morale and mental health after the layoff? How are you coping with it?

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Good News: I can finally binge watch Ozark season 3.
Bad news: I'm officially unemployed.

What are the "stages of grief" when laid off? I do not think it's hit me yet.

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Anyone else internally preparing to get laid off?

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I work at a small startup and a bunch of colleagues (around 30% of the company) got laid off today. I have a bit of survivors guilt. Should I contact these colleagues? Is it inappropriate this soon?..

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Client cut my team hours 50%. Now I'm not on track to hit util, sales or mgrev tgts by 6/30 EOY, pipeline=0 and layoffs are likely. Should I bust my butt to try to keep my job, or focus on job search?

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How cringey and pretentious is this, seeing someone on linkedin offer career advice as an "incoming BA at McKinsey"/current student to those who have been laid off or are trying to find a job....

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Animal crossing makes me really happy, I can keep on going back to the days before I was laid off

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Why are most people at larger firms scared of layoffs? Even the worst layoffs at major firms have only been around 30% of people, right? Unless you’re a low performer, there shouldn’t be (continued)

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Have 2 signed job offers for mid May. I hate my current job but I will owe them signon bonus if I quit now. I was hoping da rona would be a blessing in disguise and I'd get laid off....but no luck

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Any of the big 4/5 announce layoffs yet?

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If I get laid off how hard do you think it’ll be to find a new job right now. What skills should I learn in that time to make me more marketable?

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If you’ve recently been laid off and would like to have someone review your resume or help you with your selling points, then please feel free to DM me (cont’d).

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Do folks ever get laid off even if they're not on the bench?

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I recently returned from maternity leave and my role on an internal project was given to someone else and I have been in the bench. Now my coach says I’m in the firing line for layoff. Any advice?

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So, how are different firms responding to this crisis? Layoffs? Mandatory leaves of absence, salary cuts, promotion delays? Anything else? Particularly interested in Europe.

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Any consultants starting to get laid off or having their projects cut?

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What are big four companies doing in response to COVID? KPMG US is doing everything they can to prevent layoffs - getting rid of variable compensation bonuses and 401k match before making layoffs

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Are green card holders eligible for unemployment benefits? Do you need to pay any unemployment insurance while working in order to be eligible for those benefits when you’re laid off?

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Anyone have a clever game plan for what to do if you get laid off? Job prospects at other firms seem close to nil this year.

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Has your firm laid off employees or implemented pay cuts?

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Interviewing for a director role in industry, but worried about Covid’s impact. What’s appropriate language to use to ask if my role would be on the chopping block if the company does layoffs?

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How are all the firms responding to the covid crisis, internally (e.g. pay cuts, layoffs, etc.) and externally (e.g. meeting changing client demands)?

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If I have an offer lined up to start in June, and get laid off this week with a severance package of 3 months, is it illegal to collect the full 3 months of severance?

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Is it dishonest for consulting firms to say "no covid-related layoffs", while suddenly counseling out a bigger % of people, or letting people go due to low utilization under the guise of performance?

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Any consulting firms Big 4 started to layoff?? SAP Skillset

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Just got laid off. Anyone know who’s hiring?

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Kudos to Booz Allen for pulling together $100M to guarantee no covid driven layoffs through 7/1. Let’s hope other firms follow suit.

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Called the local Mexico joint which also happens to be a pretty major national chain (not tb). They told me 99% of their staff have been laid off and if this is telling of things to come (cont)

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What things would you do to prepare before you are laid off? Not that I know I’m getting laid off (yet)...but the writing is on the wall

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How is Guidehouse affected by the Corona Virus crisis? Any benefits from being in the public sector? Any talks about layoffs yet?

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I have a government job offer... I’d prefer not to take it because I like my current job in environmental work but worried about private sector layoffs.

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Anyone in the Raleigh/Durham area hiring consultants? My friend got laid off😭

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Booz Allen just announced that it has committed $100M to ensure no layoffs, furloughs, or pay cuts through July 1. What’s steps has your firm taken to lighten to load?

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What does low util mean? 10 % below target, 5%, 0.1%? I'm under my target util because I hit the bench right before covid. Worried since it's a promo year and about layoffs in general. Any insight?

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Any hiring freezes, retracted offers, or layoffs at BCG? I’ve got an offer to join and am really hoping it doesn’t get retracted.

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Anyone have the graphic that someone posted a week or so ago showing what each firm was doing with hiring, layoffs, and comp during this crisis?

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KPMG - if you hit the bench and are on there for too long and have to get let go- do we get a severance package? And if so - what does that look like?

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Is Accenture telling folks to use PTO if they are on the bench? I assume once they have used up PTO- they will get laid off? This is both sad and very scary.

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Heard bumblings over HH today of a second round of Deloitte Tax Chicago layoffs after busy season. Thoughts?

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Deloitte FL/PR is turning into a joke.. if firm morale wasn't already suffering from layoffs, they increase minimum hours through December while half the offices are unassigned. Abandon ship.

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We have a big project going on and I am the only point person(initiate it, did lot of work, and knows the deets well), seems like my mgr wants to get a headcount. But I want to use this opportunity to get promoted, how can I get this across? Mgr is new(they fired my old mgr), mgr’s mgr is new too(re-org). So not sure if I should/can make a case, or how.

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So are the layoffs at Deloitte over ?

Should people be fired for lack of people skills?

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Can I join in Nokia R&D unit for java, spring boot backend developer role considering current situation of layoffs in product based companies ?

Exp - 4 years
Tech stack - Java, Spring Boot, Microservices

EPAM Systems Cisco Nokia Dell Deloitte Deloitte USI Deloitte India Infosys Cognizant KPMG EY PwC Verizon Verizon Media Ericsson Huawei Technologies

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I started a full time in-house design job that pays extremely well. I barely have to work at all. This makes me very confused since I kept hearing stories of people working 60+ hr weeks as designers at ad agencies. I am not complaining, but I have this creeping irrational feeling that I’ll get fired for not working even though there’s nothing for me to do. Should i be making up projects or asking for more work? Or just chill out? I just feel very confused. Are a lot of full time jobs like this?

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Grey Merge with AKQA, VMLYR merges with Geometry. Are those „mergers” just the coverups for potential wave of layoffs?

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I’m a Junior accountant, recent MBA grad in Finance, located in NYC, just got laid off due to a merger. Anybody hiring or know any opening positions?

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I was laid off from Deloitte in the 18th. I have an interview with Amazon for a Senior Program Managers Non Technical position with Amazon hiring manager on Monday. Any advice would be much appreciated. I would love to get into Amazon. I hear their interview process is brutal.

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I think I’m potentially about to be fired this week in retaliation from my boss...what should I do?

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It’s so nice that every agency laying off people, have those left standing (and other agencies) trying to hustle jobs for their unemployed friends, but there are also a ton of people who were unemployed prior to Covid...so no severance, job hunting lot longer, and not earning income for longer time...hurting even MORE due to quarantine.

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TBWA NY layoffs today.

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I know agencies across the board did some layoffs right before the holidays, but when do we think hiring will pick up again? Getting to a point where I feel like I need to start thinking about a change.

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Did BCW NY just layoff it’s EA staff?! Seeing a bunch of these names on Connect and very upset that great people were let go!

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After 10 years of working as a FTE PM/producer I’ve now been laid off (thanks Covid) and am looking to start freelancing for the first time. What advice do you have for a new freelance PM/producer?
Also, what kind of insurance do you take out as a freelancer?

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Hey everybody. Got laid off at D. BTA within strategy and analytics. Mostly LS/HC experience. Anybody can help out with a referral anywhere? Thank you!

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Do you think independent agencies will be in better shape to handle COVID-related client budget reductions and/or losses?

Or does it not matter and layoffs are equal across the board?

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Laid off in August. Just wrapped a 4 round intrvw w a big name agency... but another candidate got the offer. ISO of agencies hiring. I’m happy to share a portfolio and conversation with all in NYC.

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The cycle repeats. #thirstythursdays

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How does your company manages HR or team building activities in WFH model ? is it effective in refreshing you or team culture ? Or is it just an extra overhead now ?

I feel it was a good break/refresh when at office but now it really feels just an extra overhead siting on desk pretending to have fun when you can ACTUALLY have rest/fun by just taking break for that time and instead interact with people around yourself AT Home. Feels more refreshing.

What to dou think ?

Has anyone here used a professional resume service? Would recommend again or not worth it?

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Hi! Does anyone know anything about the company Rently? Remote? Great environment? I can’t find anything on here, Indeed, or Glassdoor. Thank you!

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When your hear top tier agency, which PR agencies come to mind?

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Which are the top consulting firms in the region after MBBK , heard strategy& has a really bad culture so exclude that too?

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I have an initial recruiter phone interview with Square Thursday. Is it it just a phone call or is it a video call and they didn’t specify. If it’s a video call what’s the dress code like? I’m coming from consulting so all my interviews were in suits. Any tips to get past the recruiter phone screen?

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How is teksystems in terms of job security and wlb for Bangalore location for 9 years experience as Java backend developer.

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