Management At My Job Laying My Friends Off

[Sharp]

No doubt you earned your position, but this is the story of a lot of women in corporate America. Glass ceiling. Now she's about to get fired. Damn....

My current supervisor is a woman (white) and she is the one who initiated this layoff.

My old supervisor (black woman) really didn't have to do much because she was protected by our old senior manager who retired a couple of weeks ago.

Now that my new supervisor has been promoted to senior manager, they're trying to shake it up. There's about 15 people on the chopping block. She wants to get all of his people out because she feels that they are unproductive. I switched over 2 years ago so I'm not considered one of his "old people"

I feel like I have a loyalty to them tho. I feel like Slim Charles in the Wire, rolling with Prop Joe, but still holding down my Barksdale people.

 

[Numpsay]

Would you expect her to tell you? Your answer to that question should tell you what you should do.

 

[Sharp]

Don't tell her.

How's the severance?

I have no idea...

This is the official plan..

They're not going to technically lay her off. What they're going to do is to create a new position Internal Records Manager. They're going to have her and another lady who is there interview for the position. Whoever gets it stays and whoever doesn't is out of a job. However, they already know who they're hiring.

I want to tell her to transfer out to a different department.

 

[Sharp]

Would you expect her to tell you? Your answer to that question should tell you what you should do.

I'm 100% sure she would tell me. That's where the dilemma is.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Tell her. Stop being a cac.

 

[x2y]

4 Years till retirement? How old is she?


If she really is a "good" friend I'd consider telling her but if she will bring drama to the work place to fight it and tell the rest of those working there it may not look to good for the rest of your days there.

 

[Sharp]

4 Years till retirement? How old is she?


If she really is a "good" friend I'd consider telling her but if she will bring drama to the work place to fight it and tell the rest of those working there it may not look to good for your rest of your days there.

She's 66.

 

[x2y]

She's 66.

Sounds like you're a boss, just tell her so she can plan accordingly. But tell her also to keep her mouth shut on how she found out if anything. You don't want to be the office snitch.

 

[TheBigBopper]

I'd do the right thing if I were you. It's only right to give her a heads up so she can start her job search ASAP.

 

[frush11]

She's 66.

Tell her, at her age, she needs the heads up, especially if she has helped you out so much.


Hopefully her savings are in order, 66 years old, aint no one gonna be hiring her anytime soon, unfortunately.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

If they're trying to avoid her getting unemployment benefits than tell her.

If she creates ruckus let her be, just be sure she won't drop your name.

When my mom was layed off, there was a few in management who knew and told a couple of folks to change their status to part time in order to avoid the axe. My mom was heated.

 

[Sampson]

Leave a note like this.

Leave no prints. Use gloves. Thank me later.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

I wouldn't say a word. Just keep that information to yourself, especially since you don't even have a concrete date as to when things are going to happen.

This.

Stay out of it. If she starts running her mouth, .

 

[Cat piss martini]

if it's your friend give her the heads up
and alittle time to hit them with a sexual
harassment lawsuit or at least a good piss in the coffee.

 

[Sharp]

Sounds like you're a boss, just tell her so she can plan accordingly. But tell her also to keep her mouth shut on how she found out if anything. You don't want to be the office snitch.

I'm not a boss, I'm just apart of the management team. I'm privy to all decisions albeit I don't have any influence on them.

Basically, there's a new regime taking over and I'm fortunate to be in good with them, but all of my old people aren't so lucky. Management sees this as an opportunity to get rid of all the people who weren't effective, yet untouchable under previous management.

She's the only one I'm concerned about. Everybody else on the chopping block just had to get laid off.