I told my manager I was struggling. Two months later I was in the next round.
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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.
She was sympathetic. She also told me she'd been asked to document concerns raised by employees as part of a "wellness monitoring" programme. I didn't know what that meant.
Two months later I was in the second round of cuts. She looked devastated. I believe she was. I also wonder what happened to those documented concerns.
I'm not saying there's a causal link. I don't know that there is. But I went to my manager with a mental health concern and two months later I was laid off, and that doesn't feel right, and I'll never be able to prove anything.
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