It was to talk about “team restructuring”

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For me it was a random 15 minute 1 on 1 with the director that appeared out of nowhere on my calendar.

    I checked his calendar in outlook and saw like 8-10 15 minute meetings scheduled back to back. I immediately knew something was up. 5 minutes later my coworker called me almost sobbing saying he had been cut. I knew the deal. 15 minutes later another coworker called and said he had been cut too. Sure enough, my time came too.

    It sucked but, I found another job before my last day and managed to pocket the 6 weeks of severance.

    • js10@reddthat.comOP
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      1 year ago

      I had a very similar thing happen to me. The oddity was that I had just signed an offer letter with another company the week before and I gave my two weeks notice to my boss, but that message hadn’t traveled up the pipe yet. So my one-on-one with a director was basically

      Director: “Half you team was let go, but your job is safe!” Me: “Cool. You know I’m leaving next week, right?” Director: awkward blank stares

      I really wish I had been laid off. Saved someone else their job and I would have gladly taken that severance pay on the way out the door.

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        1 year ago

        Haha, I had actually been wanting to leave, but I had a feeling that a layoff might happen and I wanted that severance. So, I spent all my spare time interview prepping and waiting. Sure enough, we were laid off and I was primed to interview immediately.