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Does anybody know why we haven't received a firm wide email yet?? I'm on the edge of my seat refreshing my calendar
I’m curious to see how they address it if at all especially with interns around
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We need more details. You can't just post bloodbath without any indication.
Sorry to hear that - but good luck for the future 🙌🏻
Damn, I had heard rumors of it starting last week and I guess this post confirms they are continuing. So sorry to hear it OP, really wish you the best and that you land on your feet quickly.
Any updates?
I’m only barely aware of the Americas side chatter unfortunately, haven’t heard about elsewhere at all
THE WHAT
How many people were impacted?
OP WTF??
Lol sorry I should have elaborated but some of us got a 15 min “check-in” on our calendars. Some were laid off outright and others were offered an option of an unpaid furlough. Safe to say if you haven’t had a scary-sounding meeting on your calendar today, you’re safe.
They said nothing’s guaranteed but the plan is to start again in January. You still keep your health benefits
How many people have been fired?
Approximately 35 people across consulting and operations were affected. Some were just laid off and some were given option of laid-off/severance or 6-month furlough (no pay, but keep health insurance). They have a week or 2 to decide though.
Any idea how many people were impacted. Feel awful
I hadn’t heard about this. Feel like we will know it’s over when they send out an email?
Didn’t a lot of people in Europe take sabbaticals? Maybe you are safe if enough people took them
OP, did you have your semi annual review? Were you concerned after it or did they make it seem like you’d be fine?
Dang, thank you for sharing. That sucks, sounds like you haven’t been at the firm for long, or at least not long enough before projects started drying up and you didn’t have enough runway. I’m hearing some folks were actually told during their reviews last week so seems like they handled things differently on almost a case by case basis.
Updates?
Americas just got emailed. “Vast majority” of impacted staff have been told over the past 2 days. Not much beyond that except we’re having an Americas staff call on Friday to discuss. Likely means that if you were around/available, and you haven’t been axed, you’re almost certainly on the safe side. Guess there will be additionally clarity come Friday though. For other offices, I guess there must be varying regional labor laws around this stuff so maybe they will learn about their situation later (this is pure speculation on my part).