What was the first sign of layoff?

Does such grapevine flow to employees from top management?

Being an investor in equity markets, i was aware of the fact that US market will crash as the free money by fed draws back. I obviously was not able to link this up with the funding dry-ness. I still expect a founder to be aware of these economic events. I am curious how could the management decide to go for hiring employees only to lay them off a year later. If you are a founder, would be happy to know the other side of the story.

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

In your experience, what are some early signs that help detect incoming layoffs at a startup? It could be company-wide, team specific or in a particular function only.

After there was a layoff at your company 1- Impacted by layoff : Did your manager/team mates connect with you to keep you motivated? 2- The ones not impacted - Did your leadership/manager set up a team call to explain the reason for layoff and remove the fear/uncertainty that the rest of the people are safe. What did it tell you about the higher management of the company?

Got a job but now got another offer at 80% hike. What’s the best excuse to leave the job?

How the HRs react if you tell them you were laid off, please share your experience? Also, what other reason we can give for looking out for change in less than 5 months?

Hi , this post is intended to be a disclaimer to anyone who is planning to join Yubi. A lot of things are happening here that show some signs of an impending layoff 1) Several senior folks in tech and product have quit. Also there is no replacement hiring planned for them. Several projects are also getting shelved as a result. 2) there were several open roles a few weeks back and almost all of them are on hold as of now across all depts( tech , business , ops) 3) rampant cost cutting. The lunch options have been reduced to just 1 dal , 1 veg , rice and chapati. Snacks have been removed too. Because of several folks quitting in less than 6 months and no replacement hiring , load has increased tremendously on existing members who are themselves trying to leave. People have serious doubts on whether any hike or bonus will be given or not this year.

What are generally the metrics used during layoffs ? Is it division by division or each employee is vetted for his performance and contributions ? Do high salaried folks generally targeted even if they have good performance and history with company ? With the overall bleak atmosphere in startup ecosystem and lack of transparency in this process from employers wanted to know how are decisions made. Most say it is performance based in news, how true is that ?

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?