r/antiwork • u/Correct_Doctor_1502 • 21h ago

After another wave of layoffs management now outnumbers actual workers

We're had two waves of layoffs in the past two months, with no notice each time. Never any management always workers. They did this at the end of the day on a Friday, not even at work. They texted us about an hour after we got home.

Corporate is coming Tuesday, I guess to gut the rest of the building. Everyone left is scrambling to get new jobs because we don't believe for a moment that we're gonna stay open.

The fact the manager who had to get a dozen people to explain she can't chain an emergency exit shut today and has never done any work besides complaining about our work gets to keep her job is insane

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u/Skatchbro 21h ago

Chain the exit shut? “Sure thing, boss!”

Then a call to the fire department and let the fire marshal/inspector explain it.

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u/Korvanacor 20h ago

Not due to layoffs but attrition of contract workers, a place I worked at ended up with 13 project managers and 3 production staff.

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u/Annie354654 20h ago

LOL that's funny! Not for the production folk though.

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u/Korvanacor 19h ago

It wasn’t that bad. We leveraged our demand and set things up so the project managers had to book our time. Before, they would dump stuff on us all at the last minute but with the schedule, it got spread out to be manageable.

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u/Annie354654 2h ago

Perfect, which is the way it should be anyway, also, did they have to do some work? ((Not slanging off the majority of PMs but some of them do 0% of SFA)

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u/Cultural-Answer-321 21h ago

The fact the manager who had to get a dozen people to explain she can't chain an emergency exit

What. The. Hell? Oh dear god. Yep. The company is screwed.

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u/Professional-Belt708 9h ago

Yeah, someone needs to tape up an article about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on the wall

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u/oldnurse65 8h ago

Someone needed to call the fire marshall

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u/MuchDevelopment7084 SocDem 21h ago

Corporate coming is likely the death knell of that location.

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u/-mrhyde_ 20h ago

Top heavy organizations eventually topple over due to weight imbalance.

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u/Dapper_Pay_3783 17h ago

The triangle shirtwaist factory has a few questions about chaining the door ??

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u/Sterek01 16h ago

That is a true and sad story.

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u/MatrixLLC 19h ago

you should have let her chain the emergency exit then called the police

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u/railworx 12h ago

Fire Marshall

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u/natFromBobsBurgers 14h ago

Every year they stand outside the triangle shirtwaist factory building, ring a bell for the dead, and raise a fire ladder to how high the ladders of the time could reach.

I'd say make her go and give a presentation when she gets back, but we all know you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them think.

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u/Malodoror 9h ago

Company’s going under being stripped for parts. Overwork the salaried employees as you eliminate hourly, then fire them. I’ve seen it dozens of times.

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u/FamousDrew 20h ago

Name the company

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u/No-Adeptness-3940 20h ago edited 20h ago

Rally the rank and file, unionize and collectively bargain. The hired workers should not be bullied and played for fools. When the fear is put back in management's court, you will have something to bargain with and a level playing field.

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u/DeltaEdge03 2h ago

Always remember. Mgmt looks out for mgmt

Sorry you’re going through this TC

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u/Counterboudd 6h ago

I feel like I’m in that situation, recently we had a ton of people quit for obvious reasons (terrible work environment) and I’m literally the only one left on my team with a new manager. I do large long term projects and I currently have four layers of management above me that I have to navigate through before we get anyone able to make a decision. It’s insane.

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u/Sticktalk2021 1h ago

Yeah it’s a thing