It's not wrong. Bad apples inevitably end up in companies. Need to be weeded out occasionally, otherwise they spoil things for the rest of the company too.

Generalist

Layoff in this order - the ones who bad mouth you, the useless ones, tictokers/influenzas, iphone users, rainbow people except the gay dudes. 
 Applicable in a diverse range of scenarios like killing during the purge, zombie apocalypse, Thanos snap order etc. etc.

Founder

About two weeks ago I had posted having head of depts report to me. But now the performance reports aren't looking good, and hence the inevitable has to be done  I know it is not personal, but it f...

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About two weeks ago I had posted having head of depts report to me. But now the performance reports aren't looking good, and hence the inevitable has to be done

I know it is not personal, but it feels really wrong even talking about it

Big Girl Job now has to do layoff and PIPs

Corporate Strategist

Big Girl Job now has to do layoff and PIPs- Grapevine

Extremely sad. Labelling laid off folks as underperformers in public. Getting hired in this market would be a huge challenge for them now.

Intuit Layoffs

Analyst

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Which company do you work in and what is the situation of secret layoff (suddenly team members slack/teams account getting deactivated) or PIP at your company?

Layoff!

Strategy & operations

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HRs are famous for playing cheap tricks with company employees while pretending to act as their allies. HRs are the real snakes. Would be great to hear about any anecdotes or experiences that the  members can share.

Everybody hates HR. What is the cheapest trick that HR has played with you or in your workplace?

Software Engineer

Heard that Paytm is planning to layoff 10% of entire work force. Across all levels.

Heard cases that folks who were hired at market premium less than 30 days ago are now being asked to leave the organisation. 

And the layoffs will be hidden under the guise of mid year appraisals. #PaytmKaro

Layoffs coming up at Paytm

Data scientist

I was having a rift with my manager at Walmart. She put me on PIP because I was not available on the days I was on leave. I had approved applied leaves on the days she quoted for PIP. Now culture has became too toxic and too much micromanagement is happening. 

I need help from community. I need referral in good companies so that I can come out of this situation safely.

Put on PIP due to Personal Targetting

Software Developer

It can be a person/movie/promise/rejection/failure/betrayal/loss/expectation/relationship etc, it could be anything.

I'll start - Raju Hirani for making Dunki, had a lot of expectaion from this but didn't feel THE RH movie at all

What is that one thing that disappointed/disheartened/broke you the most in 2023? and why?

I used to work in a start up in Bangalore, they overhired in 2022 and overpaid the freshers, more than the experienced engineers were getting paid.
To fix this put 30% of workforce on pip, laid off 20% I was one of them. 2 months later, they did open layoffs, did it again in 2 months, and one of my friends there heard the founders cracking a laugh that even the investors wouldn't have expected us to do this so fast.

I joined another company, they lost the client I was hired for, and few more clients, I was told they will have to do layoffs and my name is in the list. So they asked me to resign and I refused by saying we'll consider a last working day, if I get an offer I'll resign otherwise anyway I'll have to be laid off and they agreed. This happened one month after I had joined this company ( also a startup ).


So, being laid off once was already a big enough punch of reality, with an education loan on my head.
I joined another company and got laid off again. Tough shit.


I ended up getting an offer before my lwd.
I am not from any IIT, I am not an exceptional engineer. I am very bad interviews, my resume usually doesn't get shortlisted.

Sheer volume of effort I put made the impact on me getting a job.
Right now I am the best job of my career, with a better management.


Trying to say, it's a tough time. But you'll get through it.

PIP then laid off, again laid off

Just got to know I was laid off, any personal stories or experiences you folks would like to share, 
- what helped you to find the next job
- how to mentally get over it it etc,

Thanks!

Things to do after getting laid off

Product Designer

Why are they doing so many layoffs? So much office politics and putting in PIP in spite of good feedback

Deloitte Layoff

I was supposed to get commensurate according to my ratings but they gave me BELOW and put me into PIP

No hike no raise for me today

All the efforts for the whole year just got wasted 

And this is all politics 
I hope people who did this get the taste of their own medicine someday

Corporate Sucks

Last year I remember in an interview flipkart promised they wouldn't conduct layoffs.

Flipkart now 😖

I don’t understand what the point really was 

- companies with a bad product are still struggling 
- companies with a good product are still growing
- rent in Bangalore, Mumbai is still sky high 
- salaries are still high, people are still asking for more 
- food is expensive as ever 
- stock prices of companies that fired people never really went up 

Someone make any sense or any of this?

Layoffs were a total failure at changing anything

Today I got a call from the HR team that I've been put on PIP. I have been on Bench for 2 months and they are doing it for Cost cutting. Furthermore they asked me to get a project in 2 months otherwise I have to self resign.

My doubt is if they forced me to resign after 2 months in case I didn't get any interview calls, Will they give me notice period (3 months) salary???

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

I want to share my experience as a fresher at Accenture, my first company from a college placement. The first six months were fine, but then I faced severe mental harassment from my supervisor and manager. She constantly criticized my work and gave negative feedback, causing me immense stress. I often skipped meals and worked weekends to improve, but nothing helped.

Despite reporting the issue and requesting a supervisor change or a different track, my requests were ignored. The harassment worsened, affecting my physical health, and I couldn't eat or sleep properly. My manager controlled trivial aspects like where to sit and whom to talk to, making the situation unbearable. I was even forced to switch from a developer role to a tester, despite being trained as a developer.

The final straw was being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) without a clear reason, with the same harassing individuals assessing me. I only had 1.9 years of experience then. I reported the mental harassment to HR and resigned due to deteriorating health, panic attacks, and weight loss. Despite having no other job offer, I couldn't continue. Even during my notice period, I was forced to complete PIP assignments, which led to suicidal thoughts and further health issues.

Now, I am jobless, feeling helpless and frustrated. With less than 2 of experience, I struggle to find offers in a down IT market and don't know what to do next.

My Experience as Fresher with Workplace Harassment and Forced Resignation at Accenture

I did that with my previous manager. He was extremely toxic for me. I ended up complaining about him multiple times and since nothing happened, I quit. The relationship soured to the point that we didn't even look at each other, let alone greeting the other. I know I might be an extreme case but has anything remotely similar happened to any of you?

Has any of you damaged your relationship with your manager beyond repair?

Brand marketing manager

1-on-1s getting scheduled by end of day, 3-month severance, just announced.

Swiggy lays off 380 in emergency townhall

Product Manager

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I have been put on PIP (Performance Improvement Programme) . 

It's a 3 month long thing, I have to show improvement, if I don't, I will be let go. 

They are saying that my technical skills are weak and I need to spend time outside my work brushing up those skills. If I improve then good else they'll let me go. 

Things escalated this much because my team lead complained that because of me, he had to rework certain things in the project which increased the timeline.

And he did this to save himself. He has been working on another task alone by himself since a month. I had no involvement in that, yet he's taking so long himself. To hide his shortcoming as a team lead, he is using me as a shield.

Now my dilemma is, should I focus on proving my worth to the company or should I just keep applying for jobs?

Considering the current market situation, what would be the best way for me to look for jobs?

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