Firm layoffs remind me of when Joe Pesci got smoked in Goodfellas. Walks into a room thinking he's getting promoted and then..."There are three parties on the line, including you."

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To quote our fellow Booz alum from House of Lies, "there weren't layoffs. Just raising the bar."

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Read my lips. There were no new layoffs. Just bar raising.

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How did they explain the 'bar-raising' outside of an appraisal cycle?

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Uh-oh... Did you just get the ax?

So, there were layoffs

Haha. Definitely layoffs.

D1 and A1 are such nasty commenters. Part of the rigged MSM. Always lying to the public. Let's take back our Fishbowl.

In the book? He didn't... in real life? They also didn't, but "bar raising" is how it's been described to me informally. (So you know what that means).

Which office & practice?

Wait was Wiseguys different than Goodfellas? Never read it but I thought Scorsese kept it pretty accurate.

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@PPMDs, what are your thoughts on the current/impending COVID specific layoffs at your firm?

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Somebody say layoffs?

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Hi,
As of now I got into PIP so does it indirectly means that i will be fired.?

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Hi Fishes!!!
How is Coforge(previously known as NIIT Technologies) is for the Scrum master role on the basis of :
1. Work life balance.
2. Work nature.
3. No. Of teams handled by one Scrum Master.
4. Being Agile forum.
5. No. of reports and meetings for the agile forums not just teams.
6. Layoffs.

Please help me by answering as many pointers as you can.

Location is Noida.

Thank you.

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