Do folks ever get laid off even if they're not on the bench?

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Not often unless it’s a performance / fitment issue.

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Yes

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Nope, definitely cuts last year even with people staffed. Seemed to be some belt tightening based on the prior years performance (2018). One dude on my team got let go when we were in dire need of another person. Some people went from 55 hrs to 80+ hrs per week because we were short one person when we already had work piling up.

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In the layoffs that PwC conducted back in 2015, they were laying off staffed high performers in exchange for cheaper resources.

The reality is that regardless what leadership says, layoffs are about protecting the bottom line. If you have a senior associate who can do the job of a manager, both are “high performers”,and the manager is staffed while the SA isn’t, there’s a good chance the manager will be let go.

Shrinking the workforce to meet current and projected demand isn’t necessarily just about being utilized.

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Oof I remember that time. “Project Fit”

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Lol of course, just bc you’re staffed at that current moment and someone else isn’t doesn’t mean you deserve to keep your job more (just as you’re not going to automatically get promoted bc you’re staffed when someone more qualified happens to be on the beach at that moment). Layoffs look at all bottom performers or low performing groups, it doesn’t matter if you’re on a project or not. Can you imagine the backlash that would cause if a company just laid off everyone on the beach and kept everyone who was staffed?! That would be insane

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Yes. For Deloitte if you are underutilized or a poor performer, or combination of the two, during the performance cycles, Covid or not, you are at risk.

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Was wondering the same.

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