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My mid-year review said "exceeds expectations." I have it in writing. I took a screenshot before my access was cut because I had a feeling I might need it. When the layoff email …
I have a progressive condition requiring specific workplace adjustments. Cisco were accommodating when I joined. Documented, agreed, in place. When the restructuring list was dra…
Intel cut 15,000 jobs and suspended the dividend on the same earnings call. Three months later, the dividend was reinstated. The jobs weren't. I don't fully understand every capi…
The Activision acquisition was sold to us as a moment of strength. All-hands about synergies and the future of gaming. We were told investment was being maintained. The deal clos…
In October I was put on a Performance Improvement Plan. "Communication style." Vague enough to cover almost anything. I'd never had a negative review. My 360 feedback was positive…
Two and a half years on the same team, longer than most of the full-timers around me. I found out I was done because my badge stopped working at the turnstile at 7:45am. A securi…
I came back from maternity leave in September. My manager said all the right things. My performance history was strong. My return plan was in place. Six weeks later I was told my…
I wasn't struggling with the work. I was struggling with the culture after the first round of layoffs. Overnight, collaboration became competition. I spoke to my manager about it.…
I raised a concern through the internal ethics reporting channel. I followed the process exactly as described in the policy documentation. I was told the concern would be investig…
My end-of-year review said I was doing "exceptional work" and that I was being considered for promotion. Six weeks later I was in a layoff round. When I asked HR how to square th…
I led diversity and inclusion programmes for one of Google's product divisions. Mentorship pipelines, sponsorship initiatives, HBCUs partnerships. Things that were genuinely worki…
I joined to build something genuinely new for Goldman — consumer banking, retail products, a business that wasn't just serving institutional clients. The pitch was compelling. The…
I woke up to a notification that Marc Benioff had tweeted about the layoffs. I was still in bed. I hadn't had a single communication from my manager, my HR business partner, or an…
After the first round of cuts, remaining employees got an email asking them to commit to being "hardcore" — long hours, intense work, no excuses. You clicked yes, or you left. A l…
A notification on my personal phone at 2:17am. A tweet from a journalist saying the first wave of Twitter layoffs had begun. I looked at my work laptop. Locked. Corporate email go…