Here is how I have seen these sorts of layoffs done: 1. figure out the top-line number you want to hit - typically either total heads or total burdened employee cost 2. look for job duplication and wipe out redundant positions 3. find areas of opportunity where you could eliminate big chunks - under-performing product lines, for instance - and axe most or all of those areas 4. have management throughout the organization rank their direct reports best to worst, then start chopping away from the bottom of the list up all around the organization
Did any of your immediate colleagues get the axe? That might give you an idea of how your specific group is regarded. Doesn't mean you are safe, but if they left your group alone, that means management thinks it is more important than other groups. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Jim wrote: > For now... I think that I've survive; but rumor has it that there will be > other rounds in January and March (rumor - since that's all we have to go > on > - says a total 15% reduction by end of the fiscal year). > > I suppose surviving this round is a good sign... I have to assume that > these > people, for whatever twisted reason, were considered "low-hanging fruit". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
