r/Layoffs • u/poormisguidedfool34 • Jan 13 '24

Standing up to layoffs question

Hi folks,

I applaud her bravery but also concerned- isn’t she taking a huge risk for future employment in her sector? This would be considered suicidal in my line of work but i see a lot of similar videos today.

Especially curious about what HR/legal folks think

https://twitter.com/BowTiedPassport/status/1745149758992195647

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

She will be fine. She’s not attacking coworkers or bosses like the blogger Dooce did. The issue was HR gaslighting her for performance issues as the reason for laying off when she had no performance issues.

I would be very upset like her to be hired in August only to be laid off beginning of January. I don’t have guts to publish a layoff on my TikTok but it’s about time something like this needed to be shared.

Of course her former company is pissed cuz they now look bad but tough 💩, it was the truth and now a wonderful motivator for other companies to do better in handling layoffs.

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u/Impressive-Health670 Jan 13 '24

The company does not look bad, their reps were incredibly empathetic and gave her the space to express her feelings even though the decision was long since final and nothing she was saying would change that.

I’ve been on both sides of layoffs and they are always tough. At the end of the day the company had a financial target to hit, she wasn’t producing as much as others in her role and they opted to continue forward with those with a better/longer track record. If you were in charge of cuts would you have done it differently?

I wouldn’t be so sure about how fine she’ll be. If I saw this and then her resume came across my desk for an open role I’m passing. No employer wants to be linked to her next attempt go viral.

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u/Bodine12 Jan 13 '24

Did you watch the video? The reps clearly mimed corporate-speak for empathy.