How Do Companies Decide Which Employees To Lay Off?

How do companies decide which employees to lay off? Have you ever wondered how companies choose which employees will be on the layoff list? Here are the most common reasons why employees lose their jobs.

0:00 - intro
1:02 - performance
2:30 - seniority
3:16 - skill
4:41 - need
6:11 - cost
7:17 - volunteers
8:15 - illegal reasons
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[Ceiling_Gato]

The past two companies I worked at laid off their senior employees first, simply because they've had higher salaries than the new ones

[livenoob]

1. You're not good enough
2. You're too good
3. Because they don't like you enough.

[Jupiterxice]

Listen when you get to a certain point or age these layoffs gets old, I say never stay loyal to these companies and market yourself.

[josephj]

If the boss likes you, you stay. If they don’t, you go.

[chancepaladin]

I've never seen a low performer get laid off in my life. It's always whoever won't bend the knee to the manager/lead, which is never the bottom-sucking low performer.

[danettewelborn]

It's definitely not performance related. It's who they like, the end.

[picklerix]

I use to work with an incredible engineer who was a top performer. He told me that anybody can get laid off. He said that he had already been laid off from two jobs. He thought that he would work for Texas Instruments forever but the economy went downhill. Ten years after that conversation, he was laid off again because he was making too much money and he was too old.

[bright]

I was laid off from one company the day after I qualified for health care benefits. A different company laid me off one week after giving me a nice raise. I am loyal to no one but myself.

[QueenStylin]

This happened to me two weeks ago. I was devastated. I was the top performer to and just won an award from it two months ago.

[AK-ISTHEWAY]

All the companies I've ever worked for never laid people off. They would just fire you, and the employees who have been there the longest and made the most money were always the first on the chopping block. The longer you work for an employer and the more money you are making, the bigger the target becomes on your back. There is no such thing as long-term careers anymore. All jobs are temporary. My advice is to learn as many specialized skills, trades, and professions as you can and start legitimate businesses. Work for yourself.

[icequeen]

Your videos make me depressed 😢 but honestly i hate this job market.

[Tahitianpearl]

When I was laid off once I noticed that my 2 part-time colleagues could stay, I had to go. My boss, a doctor in physics, had to go. Sales engineers with good qualifications had to go as well....I guess they really chose for salaries...the most expensive people were removed.

[smithrr]

lay offs are part of normal work life now. You can't stop it from happening. SO the best strategy is to face it and deal with it instead of avoid it. Keep yourself that emergency fund, and keep your marketable skills growing so you can bounce back from a layoff. If you are in a role that would struggle if you had to go back into the open market, consider your own strategy to leave that role on your own terms instead of waiting to get laid off and take the initiative to develop new skills.

[josephfong]

One of my layoffs was the best thing to happen to me I did not realize until years later

[greglane]

Three biggest mistakes.

1. I cannot be replaced. Yes you can. Make yourself as valuable as possible but if you die tomorrow your company will still survive and go on.

2. Stay current. Technology and skills change. If you don't you become obsolete.

3. Keep any eye on the job market and network. It sucks to get laid off but if you known what is going on and have contacts you just move on to the next phase of your life.

So glad I saved for retirement and will soon leave all of this bull shit behind soon.

[Frissdas]

No, they don't. That's just the reason they document for you. Really it's whoever the upper manager likes the least.

[sportsMike]

never be comfortable at any company. Always expect the worst. you can be replaced.

[jgmatp]

Multiple streams of income is so true. I'm in my 50's and things started to go south at work. I got excited about it and retired. I thanked my boss for showing me the light.

[stevier]

When my last company had a redundancy exercise, over 100 workers had to complete about 10 sides of paper on their skills, qualifications and any other supporting information that they wanted to include. About 20 managers attended a 'wash up' review meeting where they selected who was going to be made redundant, which lasted all of 30 minutes.
There was no way they could have reviewed all of the information, it was just an exercise to give the 'impression' they were following a process.
The decisions were already made before the meeting.

[Blueskybuffalo]

My company is offshoring and turning to AI and it’s been a nightmare transition. I’m already getting ready because I know it’s a matter of time before they come for my department.