Curious if any of the big hold co agencies have done any layoffs yet - I feel like it’s inevitable , and is clearly happening outside the agency world ...

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I am a recruiter here. I've seen jobs put on hold but not yet heard of layoffs.

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When a job is out on hold, is there ever an internal plan like "we will need to hire to fill this by x date" or "we can hold off on this position indefinitely"? Just more curious as to what the on hold pipeline is like and how it moves.

I have found that if I am given a timeline by the hiring manager, a job often comes back on that timeline. No timeline, this fan mean the death of a job.

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That's actually a pretty concrete piece of evidence. I didn't realize, for some reason, that hiring managers had say in timelines. I thought it was all HR driven.

Seems to be effecting the indie shops most drastically so far. In the last week I’ve heard three agencies cut their workforces by 25%, 60% and 80% respectively. This is only the start.

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Which agencies?

We are a small a small hospitality agency that had to cut 25% staff. That was rough.

No one knows how to prepare for this.

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Yep, layoffs yesterday and today at my MDC held agency

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Hi Fishes, I've 5.7 YOE in digital marketing and i have an offer from PS for Senior Media Analyst Role in Digital Marketing Domain. After seeing all the layoff post i'm getting scared. It would be helpful if you could please let me know if anyone if fired from Digital Marketing Domain.

DOJ is Oct 31st, i dont have more time. Please comment if you know anyone from Digital Marketing.

What are some concrete reasons why someone in consulting would be fired, other than the obvious stupid things?

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Review coming up. Is now an okay time to ask for a raise? Part of me is nervous if I get a raise I’ll be the first to go if layoffs happen with the way things are going right now

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I heard from my head that there is a lot of slowdown in VW Germany... There is Hiring freeze, level freeze and all ... And soon that will spillover to india. So be prepared for very less hikes in coming cycle :( Also automotive sector in general is struggling with tesla laying off 10% workforce recently. Maybe time to make a move? What do you say fishes?

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Most staff/sr assoc would make 80% of salary for the next 4 months if fired & yet firms are considering pay cuts.

Like at this point just fire me idk what kool aid some of you are drinking

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So are the layoffs at Deloitte over ?

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

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