Senior Manager Discussions
Layoffs

Does anyone think it’s weird that my firm is bending over backwards to try to keep a first year staff from leaving the firm after she was rated a 2 this year. But now she’s trying to leave and they keep trying to push her to stay saying she can be a partner in 8-9 years and laying it all out in detail. The issue is they laid off other staff (all but her) so maybe that’s it? Find it very odd.

Anyone else out there feel like they’re both 1. working harder and for longer hours than ever but also 2. about to be laid off regardless, given the looming economic constraint.

When you get laid off but still addicted to fishbowl 🙈

Let the layoff season and games begin! Just got axed from a freelance gig along with 1/3 the full time creative department. Onward and upward!

Jr AD’s- I’m looking to pay someone to help polish one of my projects. Need to work on it a bit more and then mock it up. Just got fired so I gotta revamp. $50 sound alright?

Another one of my friends was laid off today :/ On the plus side, their company is giving them full pay & health benefits for four months & letting them keep any equipment they had. (100% not an ad agency.) I’m so bummed for them, but honestly I’m secretly low key jealous and wish I could just take a sabbatical from my agency job with that sort of severance package. I’m grateful for my job during this time, but this industry is burning me out. I can’t remember the last time I was happy.

Are investment banking analysts getting laid off?

If you accept a salary reduction in these times in good faith, and then are laid off and your severance pay is based not on your original salary but this new one, then your company knew this in advance and may well have violated labor laws. Call a lawyer. They will not charge you if they do not recoup your money.

Can we try to be a bit less hyperbolic and check our facts when we’re talking about who got fired
vs laid off?

Fired: You unforgivably fucked up.
Laid off: We can’t monetarily afford to keep you.

Here’s some shit: I’m staff level (career change, so a few years older than most staff). My 19 yo stepchild got laid off temporarily from their skilled trade job and is able to draw unemployment. They still live with their mom and I provide their healthcare as the stepmom married to their father. Stepchild just got first unemployment check and is making 2x their normal pay. Making more than me (!) while I continue to provide their health insurance. What. the. actual. fuck.

Told a partner I am pregnant and was asked what I'm going to do after the baby....ummm work? Am I already fired?

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

People on here seem to post about having been laid off whether they were fired or laid off. I pass 0 judgment, but does anyone else feel like there’s not a single person who comes on here and says he/she was fired. I would completely understand this language if this forum were not anonymous, but what’s with this, considering we’re all anonymous?

I know some actually were laid off, but for the others, are people just delusional or somehow embarrassed even though anonymous?

For those who have gotten hired during the pandemic, was there anything you negotiated during the hiring process that helped you feel more secure in case of any layoffs that occurs after you’re hired?

Anyone have any idea when the hiring freeze might end within AWS ProServ? I’m currently at Amazon and have a TS clearance, PMP & CSM. I come from a Big4 consulting firm with a background in Enterprise Performance. I’ll be honest and say I’m not feeling very safe in my current role with the ongoing layoffs. Instead of leaving, I’d love to go back to my “consulting roots” and join the ProServ team. I’m taking my AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam next weekend. Hoping this freeze is lifted soon.

Any recommendations of finding a new job? Was laid off and am having difficulty as a senior

Consumer spending is way down. Ad agencies are having layoffs. Are we the canary in the coal mine for a larger nationwide trend? Should I be buying gold or just take off my tinfoil hat?

As bad as being laid off is, one of my biggest fears about someday possibly reaching a leadership role in an agency is the reality having to let people go. It’s never really appropriate to complain about since the person let go is the much more sympathetic figure, but does anyone who’s been on the other side of that conversation feel like talking about the stress and difficulty of being the one dropping the ax?

When we tell other agencies/employers you were laid off (which is the truth) do you recruiters and employers believe us? Or do you think we’re lying and that we were actually fired?

Kpmg is looking for people with Cloud security experience (2+ YOE), if you’re interested let me know

Currently expecting two offers soon. HR for one is asking if I am expecting any other offers as they work to finalize the details. Do I tell them or not? Maybe just that I am talking with other agencies? Curious why HR always asks this? Thanks! Is it a trick question?

Currently in finance transformation consulting and aiming for M7 / INSEAD to pivot IB / PE (buy-side). 1) is it impossible? 2) will be 31 by the time I finish b-school -is that too old to get into it?

Anyone here successfully transitioned to a cyber security role from IT Audit? If so, how did yo do it?

Hi All,
How much can Deloitte India pay me, considering below factors:
Skillset: SAP ABAP
YOE: 9+
CCTC: 26 lpa (including 5 lpa variables)

Completed 3 rounds now including managerial.

Any one attending Kellogg successfully receive more aid after being admitted and during their time at the school? I want to keep pushing for what I think I deserve 😁, tactfully of-course

Does your therapist ever actually have any revelations as to why you are dealing with your issues? All the ones I’ve been to just want to put me on meds. #beentheredonethatneveragain

Any DFW folks here? Need to freshen up my meeting routine.

Hi fishes, can anyone guide me through Morgan Stanley recruitment process?? I have a test coming up for SDET QA Role!! Please help.

Drop your classroom management ideas here. For my school it sure is nice to have a principal who supports a no phone policy.

How much would you need in your trade/retirement accounts to feel comfortable enough to retire in your 20s? 30s? 40s?

ZS salary range 4 YOE at AC level (Strategy team) and Capgemini Workforce Transformation range for Sr. Consultant level? Also non MBA grad

I’ve been with the same company for about 7 and a half years (since finishing grad school). When I landed this job, it was through a personal connection and it’s been a while since I’ve dipped my toes into the job market. I’m feeling really ready for a change and I’ve made a new resume etc but I’m thinking about making a portfolio. I don’t want my employer to know I’m looking for a new job -so do I need a portfolio? what’s the best format? What do I include?

I’ve been having a hard time networking at the Firm and having it pay off. Can someone offer advice about how they reach out to partners and APs? I’m 0+5 associate

Is it Friday yet? 😔

Hi everyone 👋

Last year, I applied for a developer role at BARCLAYS and subsequently cleared the Coding & Interview rounds but something happened & the position got cancelled, so I joined a startup instead which I had kept as a backup. But now, the latter is reducing its workforce and has given me a month to find a new job.

Also, I can see a few developer openings at BARCLAYS currently, so please let me know if any of you can refer me for this role as it would greatly help me.

Recently I asked about my wife’s gold coins. Have a follow up. If wanting to “cash in” gold coins, where do you go? I have some clients that also got them and they aren’t as sentimental as we are lol

How much do Senior. Client associates make a yr. Specifically with Financial advisors and places like wells fargo.