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> most people who work at a big company know _exactly_ whether they're in danger or not Sometimes. I used to work at RIM (BlackBerry) and they announced huge l
by scrabble 12y ago
> most people who work at a big company know _exactly_ whether they're in danger or not
Sometimes. I used to work at RIM (BlackBerry) and they announced huge layoffs for August 2012. I knew at that time that my whole team was gone. The rest of the team just talked about how valuable they were and how no one could do the job we were doing. I think they honestly thought that. A lot of people have a tendency to over-value their work and roles.
- sitkack 12y ago> A lot of people have a tendency to over-value their work and roles. I think most people are shitty at it on either side. You can be great at your work and role and still get the axe. Management doesn't often take that into consideration.
- fenomas 12y agoIn companies and layoffs of this size, it's often not "people" being cut, just teams and divisions and products. In many cases it makes no difference at all who on a given team is and isn't good at their role. When it's not whole teams, it's generally managers being told they're losing N reports but they can choose which N. Then, effectiveness at one's role is at least part of the equation.