The first consideration for a company to lay off employees must be the following people, and everyone must be vigilant.
"Cut off the mediocre performance of the unenterprising old employees, and leave the young people who dare to fight. ”
"Cutting out those old fritters makes it easier for newcomers to control and manage. ”
"Don't be middle-aged people, be energetic young people".
The company is ready to lay off 40 people, and you're among them. Harsh words kept ringing around my ears. This is the content of an email that a veteran employee has just received. Sitting in his current position for 20 years, he never imagined that there would be such a day. Mechanically collecting the papers and materials on the table, trying to control the tears and calm himself. "Why me? My ability and performance have always been good. The more I muttered to myself in my heart, the more I thought about it, the more I didn't understand, and the less calm I became.
The bits and pieces of past work are replayed in my mind at any time, and the figures of working overtime until the early hours of the morning, the memories of sacrificing sleep to catch up with projects, and the scenes of pandering to the boss and pleasing the leaders with smiling faces all emerge one by one. More than 20 years of hard work and dedication have been ruthlessly denied and erased, and the whole person has been sentenced to death.
In this vigorous wave of layoffs, thousands of employees have suffered the same fate, just like the restructuring of state-owned enterprises in the past. At the meeting where the company made a layoff decision, all the management team sat around a table, spread out all the employee files and performance sheets, and they were indifferent to the point for their own interests, and they were even more indifferent and ruthless when making decisions that decided the fate of employees. They use metrics, performance, and coldness to arbitrarily judge and determine the value of each person, and then mercilessly remove people who are "not mainstream, non-core, and may affect their own status". They don't even think about it, and they don't realize how much pain their decision will cause to their employees and families!
Reflection and Caution - Take Warning
The pain of layoffs goes far beyond losing a job. Many employees have worked hard in the company for many years and have deep feelings and dependence on the company. At the moment of being laid off, they directly faced the great pain and discomfort of the collapse of their faith and the distrust!
Every professional should realize that although they have made great sacrifices and sacrifices for the company, they cannot and will not be able to establish a sense of value that matches the company. In the eyes of the company, all employees are just a small dispensable screw.
Each of us should not be a name on the company's layoff list. Take the initiative to learn, empower yourself and change at work, so that you can become an indispensable talent and achieve your own career! No longer become a pawn that the company and others can control!
The workplace is like a battlefield, and you can rest assured that you can arrange it in advance!