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I had an annual review on Friday and got my highest marks ever with the company. I've built a reputation for myself as the go-to guy for troubleshooting deep p

I had an annual review on Friday and got my highest marks ever with the company. I've built a reputation for myself as the go-to guy for troubleshooting deep problems with the system and I'm on a first-name basis with people outside of my department because of this, so I'm not really overly concerned about layoffs because we're profitable and stable. It's also why I haven't concerned myself with moving on to another company as of late. Yeah, I could definitely make more elsewhere, but I'd go from being wanted and needed to merely being wanted. I have impromptu 1:1s with my manager all the time, though, simply because I've got the best handle of what's going on with our platform at any particular time.

BoorishBears 4y ago
It's a sad sort of funny that I expected this to end with "and I got laid off today". Unfortunately there are literal hordes of people who went through exactly that. I know smart people who were working on profitable output that got laid off because entire business units evaporated. At the end of the day you're not "needed" unless the company would have to close up shop if you got hit by a bus tomorrow. And if one IC is all that stands between a company and insolvency, said IC should probably start looking for an escape hatch...
jonnycoder 4y ago
I was in the exact same boat when I got promoted 6 months ago, and then I got laid off in January while out on bonding leave. Sometimes the politics of the VPs can change things instantly. Just keep improving on yourself and your skills and don't let fear get in the way (a little paranoia is healthy in small doses).