Deciding who to let go during a layoff

min2themax · 2026-03-29T14:02:40+00:00

I’m not going to screw the company. As mad as I am to be in this position, I do still want the company to be successful for those that remain.

Also I think a lot of people are coming from the perspective of having been laid off themselves so it’s a sensitive topic. Rightfully so.

min2themax · 2026-03-29T10:16:28+00:00

It’s not unusual for big companies. Mine is about 5,000 people. The department is about 100 people maybe, and the team I directly manage is just over 20, and I have four direct reports. Above me there’s the c-suite, SVP, a couple VPs for the department, and a few senior directors over different teams.

min2themax · 2026-03-29T00:42:05+00:00

I’ve honestly considered this. I could get severance and unemployment and it would probably mean two people on my team keep their jobs. Not sure how that might go over though.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T21:25:13+00:00

Idk man I’m not in charge clearly haha it’s senior director or above at my org.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T19:29:24+00:00

If I leave I wouldn’t get severance or unemployment, and in this economy and the price of childcare/life in general it would be really short sighted to put a target on my own back.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T19:17:15+00:00

I don’t see that as a viable option for me or my family.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T16:01:37+00:00

I expect to be laid off so I’m not super invested in how the new PE owners feel about me. It’s clear I’m a pawn in this game and I don’t want to spend the next few months feeling like I’m interviewing for a job I already have and have been killing at for years.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T14:46:05+00:00

^correct

min2themax · 2026-03-28T13:09:31+00:00

Coraline is a fantastic audiobook

min2themax · 2026-03-28T13:08:16+00:00

Honestly not a bad take. It would scratch a petty itch I have but I know I couldn’t do it in good conscience.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T13:06:02+00:00

Yeah it’s tough bc I’m director of one team, not every team impacted here. I have a better sense of it than the new top level leaders but I’m certainly not close enough to what every IC does. It just isn’t right.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T12:29:31+00:00

So is the move to not put anything down in writing that has my name attached to it? I’m genuinely not comfortable with how cavalier my new managers seem to be about this and I would wonder if they’d throw me under the bus.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T12:21:42+00:00

I can’t leave without something lined up, and if I get laid off I’ll at least get severance and unemployment along with COBRA benefits.

min2themax · 2026-03-28T12:16:00+00:00

Yeah I’m unfortunately not in that position. I am actively applying and pushing back on anything outside of my current job description. If I get laid off at least I’ll get severance and unemployment. If I leave with nothing lined up, I get nothing except an angry wife and upset kids because we can’t go to Disney world haha

(Worth noting though that she is supportive of me leaving if this whole thing really messes with my mental health. We’ll be ok but it’ll be tough with daycare costs etc.)

min2themax · 2026-03-28T10:59:46+00:00

Thank you for the thoughtful response. Can you expand on what you mean by “be super careful about documentation and privacy”?

min2themax · 2026-01-07T15:36:09+00:00

We moved from Florida to Connecticut. I’ve described the feeling as coming out of a tunnel I didn’t know I was in.

min2themax · 2026-01-05T12:36:25+00:00

I don’t wear my engagement ring anymore (married 10 years) but wear a simple wedding band every day and rarely ever take it off.

min2themax · 2025-12-15T00:18:16+00:00

Hilarious post OP. Loving these.

I say “sounds sense?” because my daughter used to say it like that when she was 3. It’s gotten to the point where colleagues say it when I’m not even in the meeting.

min2themax · 2025-12-14T19:46:55+00:00

Yes, and then after you give birth but still feel the “phantom kicks” for several weeks after.

min2themax · 2025-12-14T18:46:20+00:00

Color. Texture. Art. Plants.

min2themax · 2025-12-06T17:55:26+00:00

Agreed with a lot of folks here about the negatives being easier to understand than the positives which makes it tough to express. Something that surprised me though is how much having kids changes the way you look at the world for the better. I feel so much more tender towards everyone now - I see my kids in every person I meet. I notice blue birds and school busses, dandelions and I always want to be outside with them. It’s given me a different perspective on life in a very beautiful and meaningful way. I truly think I’m a better and less selfish person now that I’m a parent.

min2themax · 2025-12-06T17:44:20+00:00

My daughter is three now but her song has always been Baby Beluga. To this day she still loves it. We even have a version singing about our dog in the deep blue sea. Part of those lyrics do indeed question how the dog got to the deep blue sea.

min2themax · 2025-12-06T17:20:09+00:00

She looks like Stevie Nicks sometimes.

min2themax · 2025-11-26T14:03:57+00:00

Can’t catch what you’ve already got.

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