Five people in my group just got laid off-- 1 SM, 3 Ms, 1 C. Things are not looking good for me.

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OP good luck. What's your level? Let me know if you need a referral. My burner: ohfishbowl@gmail.com my team is looking for quant modelers. Not sure if we are talking about the same quant analytics.

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Welp just got my meeting invite. It was nice being here FB.

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Two more consultants just had their calls. Who does this before thanksgiving? That kind of karma along is deterrent enough for me

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That's an issue when you work for a big firm in a small market they cut those jobs first. Come to dc and if you get laid off you will have a job interview the next 3 days in a row with a 20% bump.

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What happened?

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I'm SC, analytics. Not sure what happened, all of us were blindsided.

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What's BS is that they're only offering 4 weeks severance + PTO when S&O offered 8 weeks + PTO in their layoffs.

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BTW, it's fine to stay on Fishbowl if you want. You can be an alumni consultant!

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So sorry OP. It sucks at any time, but especially right before the holidays. I am very confident you will find a great new position. Be sure to check industry too.

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Fuck. What's your level and what type of consulting? Try not to freak just yet. Sometimes they keep lower people because cheaper labor o

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Were you all staffed?

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Analytics from what I hear has been due for cuts for a while, sucks though, sorry bro

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It's a really small group, so I won't name it, but we're all in DC. Yes a lot of us are staffed, and some of the people laid off are too

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😔

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Yes federal, not insight studio... we're a quant group

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pTO is yours no matter what so they have to give you that. Sorry OP!

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Negotiate OP. I got 12 weeks severance. This was back in June. Good luck with the search. Stay strong!

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Sorry what's SC?

@OP oh wow that is so shitty

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