Warning for layoffs: IT'S RARELY YOU WHO IS AT FAULT. It's almost always management.
Them: "I won't get laid off because I'm a rockstar 10x programmer"
Me: "You are working on badly managed product that's going to get canceled because it generates no revenue".
Them: "I won't get laid off because I'm a rockstar 10x programmer"
Me: "You are working on badly managed product that's going to get canceled because it generates no revenue".
https://twitter.com/Anelf3/status/1367626512573165569
Yes, they were a really valuable programmer. Yes, they got laid off. You'd think a better world that they could somehow do this more efficiently and keep the best employees, but they can't.
I wasn't in that layoff -- but wanted to be. So I called up my manager's manager and told him "I'm going on vacation, using up all my accrued time". He barely paused before telling me "...okay, I'll put you on the layoff list", which meant somebody else got pulled off the list.
This had almost nothing to do with "merit". It had everything to do with numbers and bean-counters going down the list.
BTW, one reason maybe your stock options package -- you got too many THEN vs. replacement employees NOW. Negotiating hard for compensation when you start can mean being top of the list when the layoffs come.
....which could be a good thing. Maybe you didn't want to continue being part of that badly managed company anyway. :)
Yes, it always hurts, it's always insulting, but still remember it's unlikely to be about you.
Yes, it always hurts, it's always insulting, but still remember it's unlikely to be about you.
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