What are some telltale signs your company is about to do layoffs? I’ll start: higher ups slowly start leaving.

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Extra scrutiny at work.
Reduced/cancelled weekly or monthly team meetings.
New c-suite person assigned/hired
to look over your department.
Benefits and perks being reduced
Big client lost
Recently acquired by a larger company.
Some coworkers teams/slack accounts recently deleted.

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Haha. That’s exactly what I was thinking

They stopped trying to place me on teams and I had weeks of nothing.

I knew it was coming and wasn’t surprised in the slightest. I was actually extremely grateful for the severance.

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Same

Your one-to-ones keep getting cancelled

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Literally same. For weeks

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Major news outlets report your company’s about to lay off 3,400 ppl. That was probably the first hint.

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For about a year, work days were all or nothing. I either spaced out all day or had work dropped on me in the afternoon, due first thing tomorrow. So yeah, got laid off as anticipated a few weeks ago. Actually glad not to be working in such a frantic mess anymore.

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they ask the boss of a team to fill out tables, breaking out what each individual member of staff does, on a % basis. and by God you better hope your boss puts a high % against revenue generating responsibilities.

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The receptionist was let go and we had to do our own dishes and load the dishwasher in turns.
How did I not see it 😅

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I am new recruiter with about 2 yrs experience within people practice ( learning & development - Employability support - and now recruiting)

I am keen to transition to FAANG/UK but not sure if I should continue in people’s business! Or should I try RPM/APM opportunities as I am currently leading full cycle work with cross functional teams I feel that might be nice thing to take a look at.

Is there other promising career paths I can transition to within tech?

What are the things you like about Accenture?

P.S. I am excited to Join Accenture in 2 weeks. My first switch. ❤️

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Can I lie and tell HR that I have an counter-offer of X amount to negotiate the offered amount? Ya uska bhi proof dena padta hai ab?

In Accenture the leaves will be converted to cash during full and final settlement?

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So I applied for a job at Target for a Senior Human Resource Special.. i’m currently a Senior Human Resource Coordinator with over 7+ years of experience.. I was told the range was between $24 and $30.. With my years of experience, would I be able to ask for the $ 30 even though I don’t have my bachelors degree quite yet??

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Hi fishes, I'm a Java developer:
YOE- 3
CTC- 7 lpa
Working in a MNC service based org.
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I need a better financial state till what can I aim for?

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Didn’t know who the CCO is when I was asked about it in an interview... is there anything I can do to redeem myself? I feel like I really dropped the ball on this lol

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It took the horrific and completely inexcusable death of George Floyd to move the racism issue to the forefront. And while it’s a crime of a much lesser degree, with different circumstances, what’s it going to take to get ageism properly addressed? Intelligent thoughts/debate requested only please.

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Working with another agency on a project and think I'd rather work there. Protocol for reaching out to someone to pick their brain? Email? LinkedIn message?

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