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I know OP. I was thinking I would ask my cc (who I assume knows). For me, there will be no other conclusion because my practice lead barely knows I exist. This is not true for everyone however so good luck OP. I hope that it is something else entirely!
I had a counselee in this situation several years ago. They gave me a heads up including full details of severance package they would provide but I was not allowed to share with counselee. Counselee had a meeting scheduled with an MD and a person from HR. Meeting got pushed out once due to the MD having a client meeting. Then my counselee got staffed the day before his rescheduled meeting. Meeting was cancelled and he never found (at least definitively) that he was a day from being laidoff. He still works here 5 years later.
Wow your travels sound like just what you need OP! Hope you enjoy 😎
Will hope that it's not a layoff meeting...
Thanks for the encouraging comments guys - will update you after the meeting. Sucks that it's tomorrow so I gotta twiddle my thumbs and wait
Strategy but can't go into specifics on practice, will make it obvious
I have not seen this at Accenture. I don't think a 1:1 with the MD = layoff. But, best of luck. Even if it is, you have experience and will land on your feet. Often a layoff turns out to lead a person to a better opportunity
What a cold process. But grats to your counselee.
OP, I've been here a long time and this is not how we do lay offs. Also, did you receive an email from HR yet? You usually get two warning emails from HR - first email at the 4 week mark saying you should get staffed asap before getting "counseled out". Another email a week or two later with the same message and then when it's time, you'll have a meeting invite with an MD AND HR in it.
If they had changed the process in the 5 years I've been here, then best of luck!!
Good luck
@op: if you don't mind me asking what level were you? Seeing that you got 4 months is guessing level 7-8?
Woah, that's brutal. Sorry to hear, OP.
@A5 - level 7
Damn! This is insane! I'm a manager too and just got on bench! Now I'm scared.
@A7, dust off your resume. The strategy practice is not doing good
OP, if you got 4 months severance, why not take some time off to relax?
Good, you deserve it! Enjoy
One question Op, what if you had gotten staffed on a non-Strategy project, say with Accentures Consulting practice? Would they still have let you go?
OP- you are clearly doing to be just fine. This is Accenture's loss. I'm not really clear how anyone the practices are doing. It could be any of us.
Thanks everyone and stay up!
Why is Accenture having layoffs?