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It usually starts with gossip.. whispers about budgets or projects being put on hold, scopes that aren’t going to be signed. Look at your boss and their boss. Has he/she slowed down assignments? Are the accounts your on ones that are in jeopardy (most are to be honest, but big concerns would be working on a cruise or travel account, etc).
Typically you’ll get a last-minute meeting invite from either your boss or someone super senior, with either a HR or other Ops person included to give the official schpiel.
Anytime that a meeting with your ultimate boss or with HR is put on your calendar last minute, you’re gone.
got an email from hr 10 minutes before saying they wanted to jump on a call
Yep. My non-Covid lay-off was a text from my department head “Hey (my name) its (Jane Doe) Can you meet me on 12 for a quick check in?”
I know it’s you, Jane. 🤦♀️ Scoll up in this text to see our conversation from last week .
I ask “right now?” She goes “Now or in 30 minutes or in an hour.”
Smooth.
Only ask because pretty confident my agency is next and my time may be up... dont want to be blindsided, just curious how most of these conversations start
I got a call with no voicemail and then a slack message right after from HR (do you have a minute to chat?) My CDs said they had no idea anything was happening. Hopefully they were telling the truth because honestly knowing that helped my ego a little.
If you promise to only keep it to a minute.