Has your company started taking workforce measures e.g. layoffs, leave without pay, delaying promotions, stop recruitment?

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When do the layoffs start?

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What can we as a workforce of consultants do to combat this pandemic if/when our pipelines begin to dry up (assuming we aren’t just laid off)?

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Are you guys worried about layoffs in the future as a result of the corona virus and the inevitable economic decline that is coming?

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With supply chain issues impacting companies bottom line consulting firms will be some of the first to go. How long before layoffs and where in the org will layoffs start? Directors and Managers?

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Welp. Looks like I will be getting laid off. Is there anyone out there that can help with a referral? Coming from a boutique in South Florida mainly doing Shared Services/Outsourcing & Finance Trans.

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PSA: Anyone on an h-1 who may get laid off can apply for a 6 month tourist visa. The visa allows you to stay (and look for other jobs), but you can’t work. Please consult an attorney.

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Why do people get laid off when they’re already staffed?

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ACN products, should we be worried about layoffs? currently on the bench.

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Bench time is going to suck for the next few months.... Layoffs???

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Would companies every suspend pay for employees as an alternative to stave off layoffs?

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Can someone explain how firms typically approach layoffs? I’m on a project with a contract that goes through the end of the year. Will that be enough to keep me employed? Any advice appreciated.

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Real talk: how much should those of us who are lower on the totem pole be worried about layoffs?

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What is your contingency plan if you get laid off?

If you have been laid off before in the past, what did you do, and what would you do differently?

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Is it appropriate to talk with your M and SM about your concern over layoffs? I want to talk to them about wanting to increase my workload and scope.

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How bad were the layoffs at your firm during 2008 - 2009?

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If my Firm offered voluntary severance of, at least, 3 months, I would take it today. No hesitation. Who else?

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How deep were benchs in 2009 following the crisis and how bad were layoffs?

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Should we be worried about layoffs/firing? Just started a new job and haven’t had time to demonstrate performance before the working remote hit so am a bit nervous

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Strat Analyst at Accenture here, (<1 year). Rolled off a project 3 weeks ago and doesn't look like I'll be finding another soon. If COVID 19 carries over till Q4 , should I be worried about layoffs?

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Do you all expect your firm to do layoffs?

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A month ago, I thought 2020 would be my year: promotion, a big raise, and many other good things to come. Then, corona happened. People are now talking about layoffs, little to no raises, (cont)

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New C with unrelated background. Got offered a testing role but have no skills/interest in tech. Do I take it to just to get staffed or hold out? Also worried about slow downs/layoffs if benched

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Next week you will be happy to WFH. The following week you will be bored because your project will be cancelled because your client feels poor. Then the layoffs come....

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Got laid off a Big 4 consulting firm due to "performance not up to the mark". Looking for ideas on how to answer this question in job interviews... "Why did you leave the firm XYZ"?

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I’m already having “omg I’m gonna get laid off and have to move in with my parents” anxiety. I don’t have much in savings and my parents aren’t wealthy enough to float me. i need this job. So scared.

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I guess it’s starting, was just pulled off a proj due to “limited resources”. Hearing there’s a hiring freeze across the industry. I’ve only been employed for a year, are we all about to get laid off?

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How are layoffs structured if this takes a turn for the worse? I.e, who’s getting cut first, second, etc in consulting firms? Do companies cut out entire practices for under performance or are...

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I keep hearing “with the recession starting....” do we really think this is going to lead to a recession and layoffs?

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Anyone know if Uber is hiring? For drivers that is, trying to get ahead of the layoffs coming.

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This will mean massive layoffs right?

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Assuming this causes a recession like in 2008, and many people get laid off, how long to take to find another similar paying job? I’m currently a strat manager in FS. Scared for job.

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How’s the situation in the Middle East? Are there any layoffs planned due to the market slowdown and Covid19?

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Strategies for getting laid off during the coronavirus epidemic? I've been thinking of leaving anyway, and the additional package + likely government programs providing further aid seem a good time.

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What do you all think will be the net impact of our clients losing so much money? Odds of consulting layoffs? More demand for services to recover but fewer dollars to pay for it...

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Do you think the coronavirus will lead to massive layoffs?

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Are consulting layoffs coming?

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What firm announces layoffs first?

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How did folks let go from Deloitte during September- December 2019 massive layoffs land?

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Confronted client today about partner forcing us to travel while client site has travel restrictions. As a result is team is remote next week. Counting down days till I get rolled off/fired now lol

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One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

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Those let go by Y&R/VMLY&R - did you get severance and how many months?

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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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