layoffs

"Is everyone short-staffed?": Workers everywhere wonder how and why seemingly every workplace is operating at a near-permanent reduction in staffing levels

Brad Dickson

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Company forbids laid-off employee from entering the office to return his work laptop because he brought his 2-year-old son with him: ' There was no one at home to take care of him.'

Emmy Pratt

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Company excludes senior software engineer from meetings instead of telling him he's being let go, leaving him to piece it together himself: 'I knew the moment people stopped answering me'

Cata Holmes

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Customer shares their harmless petty method of getting back at the major bank that unceremoniously laid off their dad, who had worked there for 20 years: 'They wanted to maximize their profits'

Brad Dickson

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California-based ex-boss forces former employee to sign NDA 3 months after layoffs: 'I genuinely don't know what triggered this'

Ben Weiss

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Employee urges coworkers not to work harder after layoffs: 'Draw healthy work-life boundaries.'

Remy Millisky

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Ex-employee confronts former coworker after she asked for her help following unexpected layoff: 'I don't work there anymore, remember? Looks like you'll have to figure this one out on your own!'

Ben Weiss

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Ex-employee wins lawsuit after former boss neglects to pay her mandatory severance: 'They take people to court because they think the threat will scare most people off'

Ben Weiss

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Employee rejoices in new 4-day work week policy, only to be let go so the company can compensate for the change: 'It's not personal'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets let go after 17 years, now receives incessant calls from former coworkers asking for help: 'If the company needs my knowledge that [badly] they can rehire me'

Ben Weiss

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'My position was eliminated': Ex-employee snags top client from agency, old boss panics after losing their business

Ben Weiss

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Retiring employee accidentally discovers management's plans to lay off 50% of their workforce, decides to let coworkers know: ‘It was a good time to retire’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New CFO fires head IT guy and replaces him with incompetent nephew, company's system malfunctions sooner thereafter: 'Pam was gone within a month'

Ben Weiss

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Boss throws extravagant Christmas party after round of layoffs, then posts about it on social media: 'It was quite inconsiderate on their part'

Ben Weiss

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Manager lets go valued server at diner, then begs for her to come back after disastrous Thanksgiving week at the restaurant: 'I do not want to back'

Ben Weiss

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Worker gets laid off, told that they're "expendable," gets hired by their former employer's biggest client and watches as the former employer loses clients and even contacts them for "advice": 'Feels good knowing they made a mistake undervaluing me'

Brad Dickson

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