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Anyone worried about layoffs?
Hey! Any Google folks know if it’s possible to negotiate fully remote if a contract role is hybrid? Personally, I don’t want to relocate and go to the office on a contract role given the current economy. Plus, I’m assuming contractors are the first to go in layoffs. I just think it’s a fair trade off if I’d be allowed to work fully remote. I’m also trying to have flexibility to manage my Airbnb business in a different country. Same time zone as the home office if I’d travel weeks at a time.
Worried about potential recession and layoffs...
So, lay off until the pandemic blows over.
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Honestly, if it's only a month, I don't think I would notice.
Only include years of employment , not months.
Totally. I don’t see why—particularly at a director level— why months come into play
Be honest! Lay offs happen in our industry and employers understand that. Speak to your skills. Speak to you experience and talk about the value you will undoubtedly bring to the new organization.
It’s not a badge of dishonor. It’s a circumstance of the industry
Absolutely the best way to handle it.
Who gives a flying eff about a month off, sorry. I am so tired of this idea we need to work continuously until we retire, miserably going from one job to the next like a zombie. I’m taking a year off and I could care less what anyone thinks about it. I’ll learn stuff. I’ll relax. It’s called life on my terms not some corporation that gives two shits about me anyway. And when I get back to the grind of doing a 9-5 I’ll be a million times more mentally together than someone shuffling from one job to the next because society tells them a gap in their resume is somehow questionable. It’s zombie think. Sorry about the rant OP, it’s not you or your question, it’s our culture... ps, just say you freelanced ;)
this thread is all Stockholm syndrome
The truth ... no shame in the truth and no shame in taking time for yourself .
Being laid off happens. Ain’t no thang
I mean, it usually takes more than a month to even find a job. Seems like a normal, unnoticeable gap.
No need to spin it. Literally EVERYONE worthwhile gets laid off at least once during their career. It’s proof you’ve been at dynamic shops. They always ebb and flow. Right after my FIRST layoff (because, let’s face it), I got an email saying “Congratulations!” and explaining this industry rule. It’s a GOOD thing. It means you’re not stagnating. Don’t even bring it up and if asked, say there were layoffs. Anyone worth a damn will know what that’s like.
This! You’ll be shocked how common it is. After I got laid off, the first time I {shamefully} admitted it in an interview, the interviewer nodded along and shared the story of her FIRST lay-off. Almost everyone I’ve talked about it with since then has their own lay-off story. Just part of the career journey in our industry!
No one says you have to put months on your resume.
Agency 1 2016-2019
Agency 2 2019- current
Just say you got back from a month long creative exploration in Croatia.
Month is nothing. Say you were taking a break.
I read “say you were taking a leak” and that’s a story I’d want the details on 😂
Laid off vs fired are different things. Just be sure not to blur the truth as it will find you out. If your career is long enough one month won’t matter a whit, and being laid off a couple of times is a solid badge of honor and reality check you can reference when you ask what percentages of the agency’s business are tied up in any given account. More than 25% in a single client should give you pause.
“Honestly, it was just a bad chemistry fit.” “They were moving in different directions.” “Management changed and I got caught up in that.”
Hopefully those kinds of approaches apply vs. fired for incompetence, hostile behavior, improper behavior, or other. In which case, you have bigger problems than explaining an idle month.
(without lying)
Not big deal. Be honest and don’t bullshit it. If you say you consulted you should have an actual example of what you consulted on. If you took a month to regroup and get your head straight, or you traveled, or you just needed time to refresh be honest. The more senior you are the more likely you are to be laid off and out of work in this business.
Don’t give it a second thought. Every person in here has been laid-off, will be or wants to be.
A month? Who notices a month?
You’re not on parole from prison! We don’t have to account for our whereabouts every day or even every month. If a hiring manager cares that you took a break from working, they can F off
A month is nothing. No one will notice or care. I wouldn’t worry about needing to address it until the 3-6 month mark, at which point you can just say you’ve been freelancing.
They should respect your honesty but if they don't (that's a red flag but) you could make it seem planned. I know people who have saved up 3 months of pay to quit just to have time to themselves for mental health and side projects
You got laid off and didn’t want to rush into the next job.