If you get laid off what’s the perception from others? My entire team got laid off since our company isn’t focusing on ‘growth’ right now and more focused on retention/renewals. Industry based company

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My manager and I got into an argument and the next day, I was fired for “low performance.” Got a new job with a 40k salary increase. Don’t tell anyone and move the f*ck on with your life.

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This is the ultimate power move.

No negative perception, especially in this economy. If your entire team was terminated, there was no performance issue.

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EY1, it's a fair question to raise, and nothing is ever 100% binary. But, based on my experience in PE-owned orgs (lots of layoffs) and larger organizations with layoffs plus anecdotes from peers with similar experience, broad 5%+ layoffs tend to be pretty ham-handed because they inherently lack precision at scale. Often, HR just ends people's livelihoods and line managers get little say (e.g., Better layoffs). For broad layoffs, it just isn't feasible to internally transfer "high" performers around the enterprise.

That being said, I'm making an assumption that OP is at a medium sized+ company with broad layoffs and entire teams being eliminated. Illustrative: If OP is at a < 100 person company, and their team is N = 2 and was underperforming and got all eliminated, then I can definitely see a negative perception (justified or not).

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From who? Other companies? Reorgs happen all the time.

Who cares?

Focus on you and moving forward.

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