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Four people in my team cut, and at least one in our "sister" team. Probably more from my department that I'm unaware of.
No announcements, not even internally - not even my boss has told me about a single one of these and these are my direct team - in fact I found out about two of them at our Christmas drinks on Thursday.
No announcements, not even internally - not even my boss has told me about a single one of these and these are my direct team - in fact I found out about two of them at our Christmas drinks on Thursday.
Wifey quit her big evil American firm, the workload kept ramping up, people left, no replacements, she and colleagues had to take on all the projects, rinse and repeat. Final straw was new management above her, all clueless and clearly scaling down biz costs as the firm struggling.
Pretty depressing as all these projects have patients at the end of them on clinical trials which won't happen now.
But it was breaking her, new focus and purpose needed, but job market is obvs quiet atm.
Pretty depressing as all these projects have patients at the end of them on clinical trials which won't happen now.
But it was breaking her, new focus and purpose needed, but job market is obvs quiet atm.
I don't, nor do I believe I've said I do above. I think we are coming at this from different perspectives; I'm saying it's not as good for mediocre employees even if might appear so on face value (the headline being you no longer have to wait 2 years to get protection, but the reality being decisions get made quicker), not that I think it's worse for 'good' workers/employers if we can get rid of the dross sooner.
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I think it's tough when people have jobs with patients etc, my wife works in healthcare and feels compelled to do what's needed but everyone has their limits and you've got to look after yourself first and foremost. People sometimes feel a sense of guilt for leaving a job (heck, even going on holiday) especially if they have friends they are leaving behind it pick up the pieces, but you can't let that be a deciding factor.
That's pretty poor, at least judged by UK standards. When multiple people are let go I normally expect some form of comms, which can also help to settle some of the uncertainty associated with departures. Radio silence just leads to a lot of speculation and nervousness. Although that said - I've seen it the other way myself with comms coming out very early when there is a lack of clarity about that actual implications with long lead-times to departures.
I've had to stop myself from caring and over thinking about projects or work or service that will suffer due to reduced resources. I've often been guilty to taking myself into propping up something when really I should let it fail or allow it to fall into crisis.
It's not natural to me to do that.
It's not natural to me to do that.
I think it's a net positive that employers can no longer string "people" along on a long probation as means to avoid treating people properly.
It's more abused by employers then it's a benefit to employees. Which is why a change was required and passed in the first place.