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Never in any layoff I've been a part of, have the least talented workers been let go first. It's usually by category: contractors, age (early-retirement), depar
by adamredwoods 3y ago
Never in any layoff I've been a part of, have the least talented workers been let go first. It's usually by category: contractors, age (early-retirement), department, or job description.
- WinstonSmith84 3y agoI've seen some layoffs and the first to go where the people the most "unproductive". So, there were sale people (which were actually pretty decent, but they "cost" money and had to go), and then there were also people who were just "less" good. Less senior, more junior and could not do things autonomously. But I can agree that it's always very subjective and of course the one who is friend with the boss ABC will have more chance despite maybe performing less good...
- loeg 3y agoThis is the fundamental conceit of stack-ranking layoffs, which Microsoft did annually for many years.
- renewiltord 3y agoYou can do early-retirement by age but if you do lay-offs by age that's going to be an age-discrimination problem if you target >40.
- HWR_14 3y agoDon't forget "most talented people who accept the severance pay and get another job" from the pre-layoff voluntary departure.
- lanstin 3y agoI have seen a lot of layoffs over the years and I would put the main targets into here buckets: 1. People with bad relationships with he boss and bosses boss. 2. People with higher salaries. 3. Unlucky folks where an entire line of business or corporate department is shut down. Number 1 is the vast majority of the cases. Make sure your boss smiles when they see you and you can sleep well at night.