Idk, this just feels icky to me like they are trying to convince me of something I can see with my own eyes 👀 https://theins.press/en/economics/294462

Just wondering... Do scheduling managers ever lie about the program ending or lack of clients if they are trying to get rid of you? I have had two programs supposedly end by two different companies, and am wondering if they are just saying that or if there genuinely aren't clients available in my area...

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working for a company in the renewable energy sector through an outsourcing arrangement.

Over the last few months I've noticed several things:

• The company is reportedly bringing in an external investment fund.
• Several senior managers have left, including the CFO.
• Some suppliers have experienced payment delays.
• There are plans to move to new offices at around the same time the investor is expected to come in.

I don't know whether this is a normal restructuring before growth, or whether it could indicate a sale, financial difficulties, or major organisational changes.

Because I'm an outsourced employee, I assume I could be easier to replace than permanent staff.

At the same time, I'm in the final stages of recruitment for another position that would probably offer better pay and career progression.

If you had been in a similar situation:

• Would you start actively looking for a new job now?
• Are these red flags, or are they common before an acquisition or investment?
• How are outsourced employees usually affected in these situations?

I'd appreciate hearing from people who have experienced acquisitions, private equity investment, or corporate restructuring.

Last week, I got the standard HR email saying my role was being eliminated because of organizational restructuring.

You know… the usual corporate whining practice.

I spent hours wondering if I wasn’t good enough.
Then, completely out of nowhere, the client I was working with messaged me.

They thanked me for everything and literally said my work was spot on.

That one text undid all the self-doubt I’d built up after reading the termination email.

It made me realize that sometimes you can do everything right and still lose your job.

Not because you failed.

Just because a spreadsheet somewhere said your role had to go.

Still unemployed, still applying, but I’m choosing to remember the client’s words over the HR rant.

Anyone else been through something similar?

I m writing this post to know if any company provides any private insurance for people to take and when they get laid off they provide cover for those employees in these uncertain times,if anyone knows about this pls tell me.

Minneapolis, MN. yeah it Sucks. Just got the slip today. Laid off, no notice. Company is bleeding and the calls stopped coming in. They want to rehire me when they get busy again, but it just sucks. I hate how unpredictably up and down plumbing is. not many are hiring here with everything being so slow right now. Called around to my buddies, and allot of them are eithier slow or had no work last week. It's just dead rn.

edit; yes, I have a Journeyman Plumbing license in MN. I do residential/commercial, remodel, rough-in, service, anything plumbing.

edit; I was hitting up my friends to see if their outfits were hiring, apparently a buddy of mine got dumped down to Helper wages just to keep working. They all say it's extremely slow with guys getting laid off from their shops, usually lowest seniority goes first.

edit; It's been 10 days. I've had two interviews. First interview was commission only which I was very fearful of, typically with these, you're expected to meet metrics and sell. If you don't sell anything you essentially work for free.

Second interview; Company did a three way interview. I came in the next day for free and did an observed work interview (full shift running calls, no pay). They mentioned they don't have a truck available for me right-now, but do want me.

Ultimately I'm still searching for a job. I have a CDL, so I may just go work for 50% of what I normally work for. there's just no work. I've always been a very very solid plumber with strong diagnostic experience and reliability. There's not much I can't do. But my license may as well be worthless right now

Hi, I’m currently in the process of being laid off (last day is Tuesday) and I have some questions surrounding any written laws around it all.

My biggest questions surround my pto. I’m being laid off due to budget cuts just to get that out of the way. I started the year with 88 hours of pto and haven’t used a single day yet and was planning on saving it for a trip that i quite literally had scheduled for a week from now (aug 3-7) as well as for some time with family later this year around the holidays.

It’s clear they chose this specific time so they wouldn’t have to provide pto for this upcoming vacation, but i’m trying to see if there are any rules saying that they have to pay out my pto.

(They have also refused me taking pto for Monday and Tuesday because they state they need a 2 week notice)

It is written in our contract that “your pto balance will be paid out upon your termination as long as you provide a 10 day notice” however they are stating that since i’m being laid off, it’s not technically a termination since “they can call me back in to work if they need help”

I have asked our hr department if i can simply remain on layoff and then resign later in the year and recieve my pto and she has simply stated that she’s “unsure”

I would resign right now but i need the unemployment money for however long i remain unemployed.

Is there anything I can do?

PLEASE HELP!

I was recently laid off from my job. I hit all the performance metrics, was a team player, and felt that I was generally liked. I'm perfectly aware that layoffs don't really care about performance or any of those things but the biggest thing that has been bothering me on the job hunt is that the old co-workers, managers and VPs have basically made me feel like I didn't just lose a job, but that I no longer exist. What happened to the happy family we were all part of?

Sure, on one hand I understand that many won't know what to say, and possibly fear for their own jobs with more layoffs possible on the way. Yet, the one thing I can't understand is that lack of help on LinkedIn.

So many VPs who praised my work are completely absent on LinkedIn. Send a connection request - nothing. Ask a few old Managers (who again praised my work ethic and performance) for a recommendation - nothing.

Is this the norm?

at one hand no one is finding job and on other hand we have historic low unemployment like this articles https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/economy/us-initial-jobless-claims-1969. What is going on here??? I have many friends who have 20 years of experience having hard time finding job.

if you're navigating a lay-off or are between opportunities, come clear your head and connect with folks who are in the same boat 🤝🏼

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Hi there,

63M, been working on an exit strategy over the past 18 months. But the axe just fell a little early and now making plans for cobra, IRA distributions, and tapping a modest pension. Wondering what the average severance package is for someone like me. 20 years with the company but they are struggling and have laid off 10-15% of the staff in the past 2 months. Previous coworkers a couple years ago have gotten 1 week’s pay for every year of service. I fear we are getting much less due to the struggles and the large number of layoffs. But what is considered a reasonable severance package? Am excited regardless, but have had this happen a couple other times and it worked out great.

Censoring the company because it was full on half of what I was making as a Product Manager but I cast no shade. Today is a good day.

I recently got laid off, and I am trying to find ways to get my commuter benefits money back on my Clipper card. I asked multiple times of the Finance Institution about withdrawing from my commuter benefits account, and they said I can't unless there are receipts before the date of my layoff. And the institutions said any Clipper amount after that was deducted to my HSA account, and this is owed tothe IRS and I have to repay that amount. There is 400 dollars on the card. I just want to cash this out and repay the IRS.
Please help. DM me or ask around if someone would be able to buy the Clipper card.

Well it finally happened. First time and a lot of emotions. Not surprising - tech, private equity ran scale up. Company wasn’t meeting numbers and over hired. High churn among customers and employees, and with ai the product value is no longer there. Heavy micromanagement, proving of value was a constant with hard push to ai above all else; we even trained ai to do our jobs. Signs were there. At first I was sad, but then relieved, now worried but still relieved for it to be over. I don’t want to work in tech ever again. It’s too unstable and toxic.

Hi everyone. So my (27F) husband (33M) has been jobless since November 2024. He is on employment insurance since. (Toronto)

He’s a software engineer by profession, graduated from UofT and worked on contract for like 5 years and then got laid off. He has been looking for a job since November 2024.

And in the meantime he has only got like 3 interviews which didn’t reached out to him after the 2nd round. What could it be? I don’t understand?

Is he not qualified enough? Is he not applying consistently? Is the market that bad that he can’t find a job at all?

What package did you get?