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I’ve seen too many layoffs where critical people were fired, and experienced the resulting train wrecks first hand, to have any sympathy for companies or manage
by le-mark 5y ago
I’ve seen too many layoffs where critical people were fired, and experienced the resulting train wrecks first hand, to have any sympathy for companies or management in this regard. Team mates yes, psychotic dystopian organizations? Hell no!
- shakezula 5y agoFor real, I've seen companies fire some of their best and brightest, I'm talking top-tier academic talent in some cases, because they didn't think they were committing code frequently enough, only to wonder why their shit is on fire 6 months later and why the systems those same engineers maintained aren't able to produce new features as fast as before, messing up their delivery timelines, etc... Even funnier is when it's not a money issue, some middle manager just thought they could find better or wanted to make room for some of their own hires. In all of these cases, the company held "exit interviews", in some of these cases myself being one of the few or many others, and I have to say, there's nothing you can tell them that will benefit anyone, even your old co-workers who you're not trying to actively harm.
- tomjakubowski 5y agoWow. It's incredibly degrading to ask an employee to do an exit interview immediately after they were laid off. A company which does that deserves naming and shaming.