My company has more sofas than they could ever possibly need. Seriously, we roll around naked in cold hard cash, as a firm. There is no possible GOOD reason that they're laying people off, and seriously no reason they'd lay people off at my level. Baby consultants, fresh out of college, earn at least $10k more than people who've been in my position for 10 years. Lay off two mid-level consultants, you save 5 designers.
Someone pointed out to me yesterday that if they lay off consultants they have to pay them severance. Whereas most consultants only last about two years -- meaning they can just wait and not hire new consultants and get the same effect without paying severance. Nice. And the severance they'd pay us would be a lot less, so they get the nice instant headcount reduction, and still save money. Ugh!
The very worst part for me was when my boss said "That's corporate America for you!" Like that's a reasonable argument!
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Someone pointed out to me yesterday that if they lay off consultants they have to pay them severance. Whereas most consultants only last about two years -- meaning they can just wait and not hire new consultants and get the same effect without paying severance. Nice. And the severance they'd pay us would be a lot less, so they get the nice instant headcount reduction, and still save money. Ugh!
The very worst part for me was when my boss said "That's corporate America for you!" Like that's a reasonable argument!