Also smaller companies like the one I worked for that you’ll never hear about. It laid off 17 people which was about 40% of the company just 3 weeks ago.
I work for a huge international company no one has ever heard of and they laid off hundreds of people and outsourced 100+ more over the last two years. All in the US, teams in other countries don’t seem to have any changes. I have no idea how I survived, they wiped out my whole team except for me and one other person.
I’ve been job hunting for years off and on, at least 100 applications and I have only gotten a couple interviews for equally shitty companies. I can’t see things getting better any time soon, only worse. The companies know they have us locked in and I already feel the pressure to give more and more to avoid the next round of layoffs. I do 3-5x the work of any other person in measurable ways and who fucking knows how much shit I do behind the scenes.
That sucks, I’m sorry. I knew our company was struggling a bit and then when they brought in a new CEO from one of those firms that comes in and ‘restructures’ companies I knew the jig was up. I’d been applying for jobs for the past 9 months prior to getting axed, but had no luck.
I did however get pinged by a company who thought I’d be a good fit and the first two interviews went pretty well yesterday so I’ve got a ray of hope. If I get the job it will actually be far better in the end because the pay is better and its much more aligned with what I always wanted to do but never had a chance to do in previous roles I’ve had.
If I don’t get it though, I really don’t have much hope that anything will turn up before next year for me.
Also smaller companies like the one I worked for that you’ll never hear about. It laid off 17 people which was about 40% of the company just 3 weeks ago.
I work for a huge international company no one has ever heard of and they laid off hundreds of people and outsourced 100+ more over the last two years. All in the US, teams in other countries don’t seem to have any changes. I have no idea how I survived, they wiped out my whole team except for me and one other person.
I’ve been job hunting for years off and on, at least 100 applications and I have only gotten a couple interviews for equally shitty companies. I can’t see things getting better any time soon, only worse. The companies know they have us locked in and I already feel the pressure to give more and more to avoid the next round of layoffs. I do 3-5x the work of any other person in measurable ways and who fucking knows how much shit I do behind the scenes.
That sucks, I’m sorry. I knew our company was struggling a bit and then when they brought in a new CEO from one of those firms that comes in and ‘restructures’ companies I knew the jig was up. I’d been applying for jobs for the past 9 months prior to getting axed, but had no luck.
I did however get pinged by a company who thought I’d be a good fit and the first two interviews went pretty well yesterday so I’ve got a ray of hope. If I get the job it will actually be far better in the end because the pay is better and its much more aligned with what I always wanted to do but never had a chance to do in previous roles I’ve had.
If I don’t get it though, I really don’t have much hope that anything will turn up before next year for me.
Hope you get it!