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If I get referred at IBM, get a mail for details from the HR but do not reply as I currently don't want to switch because of some reasons, can I get referred again after say 3 months?
Asking cuz the profile blocks for an year after applying/getting referred at Accenture.
Please help with the answer.
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Update: Getting a lot of DMs that say corporate in the east coast offices.
Oh and we’re also almost certainly not doing layoffs any differently than we do every year.
Coach
Yes, I was told by a senior level lawyer (think partner / counsel).
Is it corporate again?
Mentor
Highly unlikely. As always, there may be some people let go (end of year/reviews coming up etc) but nothing unusual or en masse. Every department is tracking at/above pace for the year.
Mentor
Also just saying - I work at LW and no one there is talking about layoffs. We’ve been regularly hiring this year. It’s been hard to get corporate work fully staffed because everyone’s busy, even across offices. This same vague post is posted every few months and it’s always meaningless. Every firm lets *some* people go, especially around performance review/bonus time. There are no mass layoffs. M&A partners are expecting next year to be very busy.
Mentor
What's the difference bw annual culling and what's happening here? Firms are always firing people, just like any other business
Mentor
Yep. As recruiter I come across people that have been fired all the time, including partners. It's just not that uncommon and you don't really get the benefit of context, even if technically firms fired people. And most won't admit they deserved to be fired, or worse they are purposely lying to get back at the firm. I know for a fact there are a number of firms will formal policies of reviewing every single associate annually and firing underperformers. I won't name them since I like them and it'll be misconstrued, but if someone was fired and came on here folks will proclaim the firm as a toxic, sinking ship.
It is obvious that firms are just firing bottom 5% and 5% of recent hires as a routine plan. If business picks up, they skip a year; otherwise, firings. (Actual percentages and actual numbers of course vary. Just an overstated ballpark.)
Coach
No, never, of course not! /s
A8 - because this is FB.
Latham’s profits are up significantly and most/all groups are at or well above pace. I haven’t heard anything in DC but seems like it wouldn’t make any sense to do anything other than the performance-based culling that has occurred every year (except maybe 2021).
I know for a fact that they did lays-offs in certain European offices not too long ago
Mentor
Hahaha CYAAAA
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Mentor
Time for the semi-annual “stealthing” rumors