Tough time..my better-half in consulting got laid off. What are some key things to keep in mind? (Eg., should we negotiate severance etc). Background: she wasn’t given any warning / reason why they are laying her off other than ‘your services are not required’

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Sorry to hear. What firm?

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Big 4

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Haven’t heard of any non performance related layoffs at Deloitte

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Which firm?

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Commiserations, unfortunately nothing constructive to add but I hope this is just a bump in the road

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Recession is coming!

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EY?

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Layoffs at Walmart corporate 😬😬

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One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

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TBWA NY layoffs today.

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Does everyone who gets fired be eligible for it?

If you get laid off when you’re in the middle of an interview process elsewhere, do you tell the prospective employer?

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Hello,
Need some advise
Last year due to covid got laid off and then didn't got any opportunity due to visa issues. Later myself and my family got covid positive and unfortunately my father expired due to covid.
So I have got gap of 1.3 years in my career.
Now I want to start giving interviews and get back in the game.
My concern is with 2 things here
1. I lack confidence/motivation due to the gap.
2. How do I address this gap in resume ?

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Do you think independent agencies will be in better shape to handle COVID-related client budget reductions and/or losses?

Or does it not matter and layoffs are equal across the board?

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The severance package at Meta for laid off employees almost makes it nice to be laid off depending on what your personal situation is….. personally wouldn’t mind getting 4+ months of full pay to reset and think about what’s next 😬

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Should people be fired for lack of people skills?

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Hi, received an offer from another Big4 in Amsterdam (currently working in Eastern Europe), but relocating, I’m concerned about potential layoffs in the coming period being the last to join the team.

We have a big project going on and I am the only point person(initiate it, did lot of work, and knows the deets well), seems like my mgr wants to get a headcount. But I want to use this opportunity to get promoted, how can I get this across? Mgr is new(they fired my old mgr), mgr’s mgr is new too(re-org). So not sure if I should/can make a case, or how.

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With some of the big tech firms stock prices taking a hit..Meta layoffs announced last week and a few others revealing some teething issues. How do you see the tech market Outlook over the next few years.

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Demand for tech hiring
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Is the life-span of big tech companies usually only a few decades. If companies stagnate, they die...is this just a sign of more to come

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Hi,

Is this a good time to join HP? As they have recently announced 6000 layoffs in 2 years.

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Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

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