What is it like to be on a project where the client wants to cut costs by layoffs?

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Typically, these situations are still handled with a level of sensitivity and care towards the human beings who are being let go. Even as I worked on these projects, I never once felt that the company was doing it for amoral reasons. At the end of the day, a company has to do what it needs to in order to stay afloat.

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Was on a project where the layoffs had a direct impact as several client SMEs were let go and replacements had to be brought up to speed and often wanted to make changes

It sucks tbh

They try to use creative names so that they forget we are taking about people. For example: “FTE benchamrking”, “headcount reduction”, and so forth

I've done one, it wasn't that big of a deal as the company was struggling and this was the first layoff they'd done. Scope was limited and confirned to middle management. Used to work work for a BigCo that had done round after round and it was horrible for morale.

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