I found this on the Burning Platform:
She records her…uh…Force Management Planning event.
The piece itself is about being replaced by diversity. I don’t understand that, really, since she’s a semi-protected class, so to speak. I’ll circle back to that.
First off, everyone knows when a Day of the Long Knives is coming at a company. Nearly every one that I’ve been in, it’s been no secret. You have to gird your loins, so to speak, and get your head right for that day. In her case, bodies have been apparently dropping all day, so not only does she know a slaughter is happening, she knows how they are leading the sheep and the goats in for the kill.
Which what appears here is actually a pretty shitty way. If you are a manager, this is one of the things you have to do. Every manager I’ve worked for told me cuts were coming, and when I was cut, it was my manager that told me so. Having to join a call with two HR flunkies is nearly as bad as waiting at your desk for ‘the call’.
What I don’t get is why she’s arguing.
Other than to troll them, it makes no sense. What’s the point? Fighting to stay at a company that just mowed you down on the edge of a sword makes no sense. They made up their minds, and why doesn’t really matter. They kept a DEI hire instead of you. They kept the manager or VP’s buddy. They kept the sales director’s secret squeeze. Does it matter? I’ve seen them all, by the way.
I’ve done the shoulder shrug and moved on. I’ve told them to fuck themselves. Depends on your mood, I guess. I’ve been congratulated, more than once, for walking out with my head held high.
Today, It would be a shoulder shrug. I’d remove the drive from my laptop and replace it with one of the used up spares I have before returning it and move on.
Back in the day I was more nimble. I’d see the writing on the wall long before the bloodletting happened and find another gig. The package, whatever it will be, won’t be worth staying. Don’t stay at a loser company, let alone fight to stay.
Far as the DEI thing goes, they’ll get theirs, especially in sales (as she appears to be). You either make your nut or you don’t. When they have a large dysfunctional sales team, it’s not long before the whole ship goes under. I’ve seen that as well. First thing moronic execs do when tough times hit is cut loose the ‘expensive’ sales staff. The meat eaters, as we used to call them. It’s not long after that the ship starts taking on water. Once that happens, all the good staff bail.
If I read the tea leaves, we’ll be seeing more of this.
Inspected By Pat 
I saw that the CEO actually responded to this saying that they have over 1500 salespeople and they were letting 40 of them go. She didn’t make any sales while she was there, which I think was only a few months, but that’s as good as metric as any for deciding who will be let go.
Yeah, that was not the way to do it, but the “free money” days are gone ancompanies will ahve to tighten their belts.
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That was the other part of this I didn’t explore. It’s sales, where this sort if thing is a way of life. After a quarter of no sales (fir a given forecast), sales dudes where I’ve worked in the past would be told they better close something. 2nd quarter, they are gone. Also, being young, she was probably given small, easy to close fish.
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The young lady was wll within her rights objecting. Thing is, I would have handled it differently as she was objecting to the wrong person. She knew it was coming. OK, eat your ration of $chidt with dignity as far as this “teleconference” was concerned THEN, march yourself DIRECTLY in to your “Manager” and edify them as to how MUCH of an abject poltroon they are. Then don’t let the door clock your callipygian posterior on the way out.
Though, thinking on it, the manager may have had abolutely nothing to do with it or how it was handled.
I heard of one VERY large company many years ago that would dismiss people on a SUNDAY, via TELEGRAM. Pretty lame… You’re out on the back porch, having a barbecue…. TELEGRAM for Johnny! You’re DONE. Come on in Monday, check in at the Security desk where a helpful officer will escort you to your desk and oversee you collecting your personal belongings.
Yeah… nice.
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Ensure that you scare the living F out them by refusing to sign any/all non disclosure agreements. Yes, you might lose that last few days of pay but that parting glass makes HR and management sweat. I myself did this before full retirement and it was like being arrested. HR comes in and threatens you, a manager comes in and trys reason, a director comes in and gets angry and condescending and finally, the CEO comes in. Didn’t care about losing a clearance or “You’ll never work in this arena again” threats. I wasted a full 8 hours of their day and threw the badge at them. Kept getting phone calls the next day and the day after. It was a little treat of revenge. They still paid me in full.
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