Had a manager once who came out of a layoff meeting looking visibly drained and later found out she had argued hard to keep three people on her team. She did not make it out of that process politically clean but her people kept their jobs. Not every manager makes that call. Some go quiet when it costs them something. Just got me thinking. Has anyone here had a manager who actually put themselves on the line for their team during cuts? What did that look like?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Despite having a very good relationship with my manager and the senior manager, they couldn't do anything to protect us, and it is hard for me to believe that. Since that day, I have believed that every man is for themselves.

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Nobody can protect your job except God is enough for everyone

I did for my people. I got overruled.

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Wow, that is honestly great to hear. I haven't had many managers that would advocate for their people like that. That really does put a target on someone's back.

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It’s not usually up to the manager to make those calls. They can definitely fight for it, but I would guess this is much more the exception to the rule in the people being kept on. It’s still borrowed time they are on.

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