Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
My department recently laid off 3 people last month. 2 people have also resigned in the past few months and their positions were never replaced. People are now taking on a much bigger workload. Is this a sign that the department isn't doing well income wise? Should I start looking?
They probably never will either. They just load someone else’s plate with those respiratory sibiliries. Companies can be making money hand over fist and never replace jobs. Those running things think their way of running a successful business is just slashing expense. Never growing the business. It’s an easy short term “look how we’re doing scheme”. Sure. In the long run the place crashes and burns because employees now have he work of the people thrown on them for at best maybe a lousy 3 percent raise every year and ultimately they bounce. Then you lose all that institutional knowledge
That certainly is not good news. It either means that the company is preparing to go out of business or that they now want "to do more with less".
Are your positions salaried? In other words, are employees paid for putting in overtime hours? If not, then it may be the second option. Many employers are realizing that they want to "get their money's worth" out of salaried employees by working them 50, 60, 70 hours or more per week since they pay them the same whether the employees work 40 or 80 hours per week.
Location: In a city within a state where politicians come to get their PHDs in Corruption
2,907 posts, read 2,067,894 times
Reputation: 4478
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drooliette
Hi all,
My department recently laid off 3 people last month. 2 people have also resigned in the past few months and their positions were never replaced. People are now taking on a much bigger workload. Is this a sign that the department isn't doing well income wise? Should I start looking?
Thanks!
You're asking complete strangers to analyze your situation based on one variable?
Yep, had something like this happen to me once. When people are both getting laid off AND leaving on their own accord with no one filling in those positions it screams "WE ARE BLEEDING MONEY". It is time to dust off the old resume.
They probably never will either. They just load someone else’s plate with those respiratory sibiliries. Companies can be making money hand over fist and never replace jobs. Those running things think their way of running a successful business is just slashing expense. Never growing the business. It’s an easy short term “look how we’re doing scheme”. Sure. In the long run the place crashes and burns because employees now have he work of the people thrown on them for at best maybe a lousy 3 percent raise every year and ultimately they bounce. Then you lose all that institutional knowledge
What's considered a good but reasonable annual % salary increase? I received a 1% increase this year as did the rest of my team.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
