Well...have been reading the many posts about all of the people being laid off from Accenture and today I was one of them. I don't know if it was a layoff or a firing. I'm speechless. I've only been here a little over 2 years. Never heard a peep about my performance lacking. Not going to lie, I'm freaking out. I NEED to work.

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So sorry to hear this, but the best is yet to come! hang in there, OP

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I feel for you OP and wish you luck in your search. It's a harsh lesson that many of us learn early on in our careers, which is you cannot trust or depend on your employer and you need to treat them as your temporary client. Even in good times you should be networking with people and have a direct life line to the contact that will facilitate your next opportunity. If you're only starting to apply after you've been laid off, you are at a severe disadvantage because you have no leverage and will be viewed as an under performer that was cut (even if you did nothing wrong and even if we are in the middle of a pandemic). The work world is moving more and more to a contract based arrangement so you have to have the mentality of lining up your pipeline (internal AND external) at all times and even during the good times. Again, best of luck.

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Thank you.

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I’m sorry OP. Please let me know if there’s any roles open at LinkedIn that you might be interested in.

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Sorry to hear this. You’ll find a job in no time

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Me too today. Over a random Teams ping. Wow.

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everything will be ok ... right? haha good luck to you too

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Deloitte laid off too many people so I’m sure you can come here and make 20-30% higher than the people you’re replacing.

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So sorry OP. Was there a meeting setup out of the blue - “Important Discussion”? Where are you based? You’re a CL10? Asking for a friend :(

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I’m a CL10. Set up out of the blue. I didn’t even know it was added to my calendar because I’ve been on the clients virtual desktop all day so I saw a little pop-up from teams saying “so-and-so started the meeting”. I thought it was maybe one of the many calls I’ve rsvp’d for in the hopes I could attend, like one of the many save the date invites we get every day. I quickly looked to see who else was invited to the call and when I realized it was just me, I joined the meeting. It was unreal.

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Getting 'laid off' or fired from Accenture is not a bad thing.

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How so?

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Are layoffs occurring on the federal side?

No, federal has been bangin’

New administrations also typically sign tons of contracts, so hopefully should be another good year.

How does this work? Do they revoke all your accesses right then and there? And what happens to client laptop / work? I have received an invite.

You received an invite as well A1? What did yours say?

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