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Warning Signs You're About to Be Laid-Off
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#12Cancelling the company Christmas party has been the sign of a death spiral for two companies that I worked at.
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#13When your network login suddenly stops working.
Or, when you get a weird email from the payroll system about having just withdrawn /exactly/ how much PTO you've accrued.
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#14I'd say watch out for a meeting that's so important that it's split into two groups, and you're in the first group.
Or
Conference room A
Conference room B
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#15When you try to enter office's multi-level parking but your access key doesn't work.
When the Director/VP/Head says "even though the market has turned, we have _no_ plans to lay people off"
When you receive a notification that your privileges have been revoked.
When you see a voicemail (or tweet in case of Twitter) from HR around Friday afternoon/evening or early Monday morning.
When you apply for vacation but the request is denied for unspecified reasons ("We may need you here during that period").
When your manager keeps postponing your ++year() roadmap meeting requests.
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#16When you get asked to wait two weeks because the main client hasn't paid yet because their assets aren't "liquid enough" (the client said that to everyone himself). And then they ask you to do it again a month later.
...you might get called in to be told the company can't afford you anymore and get laid off with two-thirds of the staff.
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#17When all your external vendors and subcontractors are told to stop working and ship back all materials.
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#18When you wake up to this https://twitter.com/bartt/status/653946266938818561
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#19Having the entire team suddenly focus on a superfluous project like the company intranet or any non-critical busywork. Not a good sign!
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#20Warning sign you're getting bought: someone asks for the licenses of all the open-source libraries in your stack...