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Is C.H. Robinson Inc. doing layoffs?
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D is actually very resilient. 1) We are private so we are not beholden to shareholders, so we can and willingly eat profits for longer term growth and market share 2) Unlike other firms who have spun off a lot of their business, our portfolio is wide so during a recession our public sector can carry a lot of the burden, as does tax/audit 3) when there has been turnover it is usually aligns with PY as we let low performers go. Essentially if you have a decent performer who is billable or has a desirable set of skills you have nothing to worry about
Distressed companies are going to need help & will be bought at a discount - normal economic flow.
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Consulting without a doubt will be hit harder. So much wishful thinking on these threads. When your main product is your people and those people are in many cases providing non essential services to businesses, what do you think clients will cut first when tightening? Also what are all these consulting firms gonna do who hired up a storm of non traditional candidates in 2021?
Restructuring and cost containment is probably fine, and tech/ops folks may be fine too, but generally speaking, the bench will widen and folks will get axed.
There’s also a distinction to make with tech. High growth tech without high revenue will be hit hard. But big tech like faang shouldn’t need to do layoffs if they have stable revenue streams.
Rising Star
Well Deloitte cuts headcount at the slightest sniffle in the economy. But the labor force and unemployment is still extremely tight so I don’t think most companies will be that short sighted. Consulting also gets a lot of work during times of change so we may be positioned well to help tech companies cut/re-org
Did Deloitte HR leave??
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Tbh, I think Corporate America broadly is rooting for a recession. Yah stock prices will be impacted in the short term (but they always come back) but what really worries the C-suite is they’ve lost control of their workers. A quick recession swings power away from labor back to management.
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Do a good job; you’ll be fine.
Yes, and if you’re good at your job, it’s very likely you’ll be on the right side of that business decision.
I like to think of recessions as a discounted stock season. As long as you have marketable skills you will be fine.
Rising Star
This is why I think mass layoffs won’t occur this time. You’re always fighting the last war and the lesson learned then was the cut was too deep and the hiring afterward brought on less-qualified staff.
Fwiw, I think both approaches are off: nobody could have predicted the massive amount of government spending last recession.
Even if there’s a mild recession, the pullback in government spending (the GOP pretends to be fiscally responsible when Democratic president is in office) will not support firms.
Consultants will get laid off, and hiring will freeze, just like the pandemic. It's a super weird time right now - PWC and others are throwing money around to hire new talent, but there's a huge likelihood of a recession. Makes me nervous to take a new gig, since LiFo is often the approach in consulting.
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Hey guys, I heard recession is canceled!
I am JPow, don’t tell anyone
I’ll say that EY didn’t lay off anyone during covid. Private company that doesn’t have to worry about shareholder POV.
EY did in fact “laid off” some people at end of of FY2020. It was done at a smaller scale and discreetly. If you were with the firm and connected, you should know.
Hopefully the bad ones get cut so I don't have to deal with them anymore
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Yeah I can't imagine them ever making manager. It would be a miracle for her...
Gps is likely to be relatively unaffected “iff” you have a clearance
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The fact that this is such a popular thread should tell you all you need to know tbh.
Those unemployment checks don’t sound too bad rn
How can people talk without any facts…
Politicians do it all the time
For sure D will be the first to lay off
Such a D move
“A recession is undoubtedly gonna happen.” Damn since you know the future, I wish I had seen this before the Derby so I could ask you who was gonna win!
Fuck you. The mounting numbers are showing a dark path ahead for many. Across NA unemployment at it's lowest, stocks highly volatile, inflatipn at a historix high, valuation stupid and central banks clueleas at the problems THEY created. All central banks. Best to prepare.
Rising Star
Another factor: recessions aren’t binary. All aren’t 2009/10 or the front end of covid. We might have a recession, but it appears to he shallow and moderate, which will likely not impact consulting too much (could impact our hiring over the next year or so), but mostly on the commercial side. But also I think firms (mostly, mine) will be more selective on how they cut staff because they really shot themselves in the foot during covid.
Chief
Accenture did the same thing as Deloitte. They’ll both do the exact same thing again. There’s no lessons learned - they just follow the economy and demand for services.
Which would be more impacted - consulting or tech companies?
I don’t think too much. Think about all the people who aren’t coming back
Yes there will be a recession and yes it will hit rhe consulting industry.
Chief
Did your crystal ball tell you that?