What is your candid thought about people who are laid off? Do you immediately think that they had to have been poor performers or associate something negative about them? Alternatively, do you think it's 100% a case by case situation where you'd have to know more to make an opinion? Do* you always keep your mind open to find out before drawing any kinds of conclusions, whether you share your thoughts with anyone or not? P. S. If possible, do leave some thoughts in the comment box in addition to making a selection. Many thanks!
It would definitely be a strike against, but not blocking. Just cant afford to be picky anymore.
At Intel, old-aged company, there are many politics and unqualified old managers. Under this circumstance, performance could not be directly correlated to employees’ performance. Also, if you are under Indian manager with 10 Indian coworkers out of 12, performance is NOT directly correlated to your skills.
I think the word "layoff" is being used incorrectly here. There's a difference between "layoff" and "fired", see: https://www.job-hunt.org/layoffs/laid-off-or-fired.shtml A layoff is due to a workforce reduction, or elimination of a role, or a branch/etc. In a layoff it's not due to the employees performance. Over the years, folks have started saying "I've been laid off" instead of "I've been fired" because it sounds better. But this distinction is very important. In the case of a layoff, it's not due to an employees performance at all. If you tell your interviewer you were "laid-off" they can easily check against state records and confirm (layoffs are reported to state labor departments and are public information). It won't look good if you come across as lying. If you were fired you can say you were "let go" or "your skills and the team weren't a good match" etc. Anything but a "layoff"
Issue is depending on your state / country it's easier to lay you off than fire you
This one's an easy answer from the business point of view. If you're laid off it doesn't automatically count you out, and if you dont say you were fired explicitly then HR in many places as a mechanism to defend from lawsuits will only say you were previously employed and "the relationship terminated on X day". What would be shared if there was a legal matter or if the person answering the call is not seasoned(which actually happens 50% of the time) is whether you're rehireable. For the record, the vast majority of layoffs mark you as rehireable, and even if you were laid off for performance it might be that you were still categorized as "Strong" but the rest of your team was "Extraordinary" so we wouldnt let them go right? In short, layoffs dont make you less marketable than people with current jobs unlike what some people on here are (reasonably) positing. As a matter of fact if you come from a good company it means you may be more likely to get the job or a call because recruiters will try to get you for a lower TC since you may have just not been a culture fit but are otherwise amazing.
I was part of a company wide lay-off in the recession. Essentially anyone who wasn’t tied to a revenue stream or customer directly was laid off. My manager was happy to be my reference for other jobs after that.
I was laid off I have sympathy for those who were laid off but will interview hard about why that happened. In my case it was easier to let me go and re hire me than keep me around for 6 months
it’s not that you sucked at your job but at the same time, you weren’t a top performer. hiring managers often assume you were one of the disposable ones out of the group. nothing bad about that, but not great either. some are able to see past this, others not so much.
THIS is what I'm most concerned about personally.
hey at the end of the day, if they can’t see past it after meeting you in person @the onsite meeting, it was never meant to be🤷♂️
Laid off is not the same as fired. Even fired means squad. Get your facts straight. Did OP just start working? LOL
It's sad but I'm sure true.
You're prob unfamiliar with how layoffs work. I've been through two and lucked out. I saw high performers being selected by the HR algorithm. They specifically can't use performance as a criteria during layoffs