I just narrowly avoided getting booted out of IBM Watson just because a new manager 6 layers above me wants everyone to move and I can't. This was announced as

I just narrowly avoided getting booted out of IBM Watson just because a new manager 6 layers above me wants everyone to move and I can't. This was announced as co-locating, not a layoff, but it had about the same effect for many of my co-workers. I only got a temporary exception because my managers and teammates fought so hard to keep me, and I'm still looking at this same situation in a few months. I'm personally not very worried - I got one immediate no-interview offer from a former boss and about 6 other folks who were interested in hiring me. And if I suddenly can't find any work in tech, I can always go back to laying tile. But this is going to suck for a lot of people. Amusingly, I think I had a better feeling of job security working at startups than I do at IBM now.