Layoff experiences

[TheDude]

Just had a call about a gig performing the same role at a previous banking client for the same rate.

The learning curve and complexity of the system is quite intense so I would be shocked if I didn't at least get an interview but in todays market who knows?

[TheDude]

After reading today that Oracle have laid of 30k people by 6am email I am curious about the layoffs you have experienced or witnessed.

The worst I have seen was when working at (what was then) a UK supplier of news and financial information. Rumours of redundancies had been in the air for...

[TheDude]

That is the way to do it. I would rather a six am email than waste a day travelling to the office just to get binned....

[TheDude]

I suspect the law is irrelevant if you upset the wrong person....

[TheDude]

Welcome to the club....

[TheDude]

Which part of this is keeping your own biased views to yourself?...

[TheDude]

...and if you do manage to get an interview they are harder than ever......

[TheDude]

Whenever I search for specific keywords in LinkedIn job search I seem to get hundreds of irrelevant hits.

Worse than that I am getting adverts for tacky jewellery and oven cleaning products in my feed.

I can understand the tacky jewellery because I live in Essex but why would...