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I was valued. Then the company laid off the whole country and stopped hiring in that country. In the end it's just luck.
by igvadaimon 1y ago
I was valued. Then the company laid off the whole country and stopped hiring in that country.
In the end it's just luck.
- riehwvfbk 1y agoIf you weren't offered a relocation package, then you probably weren't actually valued. Probably along with the entire office in the country.
- npodbielski 1y agoMaybe he was valued in his department but department was not valued inside the company.
- riehwvfbk 1y agoThat's... what I said. The entire office was likely seen as "staff augmentation" rather than strategic.
- igvadaimon 1y agoMy team/org wasn't even in that country, I was just working remotely from it.
- eulers_secret 1y agoFolks don't want to hear it, but our careers are based more on luck than any of us would like. I avoided the first big round of layoffs at my last company. How? By being so overwhelmingly awesome and valuable that they couldn't afford to lose me?? NO! I agreed to a smaller pay increase that year so a team member could get a much-deserved larger raise. I accepted more stock grants to help make up the difference. The next round of layoffs was based on stock packages granted to employees. More stock granted == more better, right? Sheer luck I didn't get the notice that time.