Curious how layoffs have been initiated at other agencies...I’ve heard they’ve been happening on zoom, is a mysterious invite just put in your calendar? Did you get a call from your manager?

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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.

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Anytime that a meeting with your ultimate boss or with HR is put on your calendar last minute, you’re gone.

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got an email from hr 10 minutes before saying they wanted to jump on a call

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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.

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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

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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.

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