3 ms·
"What I mean by that is, when a company has massive layoffs, presumably they keep their best employees. " That's typically not how it's done. Most layoffs are
by maxxxxx 8y ago
"What I mean by that is, when a company has massive layoffs, presumably they keep their best employees. "
That's typically not how it's done. Most layoffs are by department or division and there is not much consideration for individual performance. Some people with a good network may be able to jump to a safe position.
- Finnucane 8y agoYep. In 2009 I was temping at a large textbook publisher until they laid off the entire copyediting department. curiosly, not so many cuts in upper management.
- wbl 8y agoThey sacked the what again? That cannot have been good for quality of the product.
- ilikehurdles 8y agoA lot of times the people being kept around are those cheapest to keep, or those lucky enough to have been placed on a well-performing project at the company.