Getting laid off before Christmas is dirty work

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @cknorris3644
    @cknorris3644 3 дня назад +7

    I worked for a large corporation once and will NEVER do that again. They will simply use you up and spit you out.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад +1

      I haven’t quite worked in a large corporation yet. The largest I’ve done is 4000 global. When I do get into a large corporation, I’ll make sure to have my own gig on the side cos they’ll spit you out, like you said.

  • @premiertrainingFL
    @premiertrainingFL 4 дня назад +6

    A company willing to fire employees for no other reason than “we’re trying to save money for the investors” rather than subtracting money from the CEOs,
    Doesn’t deserve to be in business. Especially before Christmas. Digusting

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад +1

      @premiertrainingFL That's all too real. But honestly, I know not all companies do it for the bonuses of the executives. Corporate bankruptcies are also on the rise, so some do it for the company to survive the downturn. If the company goes bankrupt, everyone loses their jobs.

    • @premiertrainingFL
      @premiertrainingFL 3 дня назад +1

      @ I get that there are outliers. The survival of the business, perhaps is the priority when looking at the entire workforce of a company. However, there too many big companies doing this, and having dog sh*t products they’re over pricing, hitting the consumer and the employees. It’s wild

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      You’re right. When it comes to these big tech companies with $billions in profits and still laying off staff, it makes my skin crawl.

    • @freema9246
      @freema9246 День назад +2

      @premiertrainingFL CEOs taking a salary reduction happens all the time.....said no one ever!

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  8 часов назад

      @freema9246 Hahaha, good one.

  • @raymondotterbine
    @raymondotterbine 3 дня назад +6

    Companies lay off in Q4 because they need to show less of a loss in Q1 of the new year. Its all about the math and financials.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Not all companies have their fiscal years aligned with the calendar year. to some companies, we're in fiscal Q2.

    • @raymondotterbine
      @raymondotterbine 3 дня назад

      @@CluelessPanther True, but fiscal year is different than Quarterly earnings , most company's follow Oct 1 to Jan1 as Q4 earning period

    • @crillianmarvin6256
      @crillianmarvin6256 3 дня назад +1

      Your failure was applying it as blanket statement. There are a myriad of failures in your logic even if we take it at face value and do zero sleuthing.
      The main Achilles heel is the presented hypothesis is that it would be visible every quarter. They all have a huge impact on a companies ability to secure investors and the stocks. Naturally, one quarter may have a higher rate of layoffs. But it should be universally obvious given the premise.
      Additionally, it remove any alternative perspective that provides an answer bereft of immoral drives or penchant. Such as, the closer they get to the quarter the more likely they are to have a complete view of their current finances and have more sound projections. Less time, less unknowns. More pragmatism over clenching to a dream or unlikely scenario.

    • @Joshua.Developer
      @Joshua.Developer 3 дня назад +1

      Then all work is really temporary work your really a 1099 worker. They use you for a temporary.period.of time. Well that would be fine if they make that clear to you in the getgo

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Well, most of us are “at will” employees which makes us pretty temporary.

  • @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716
    @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716 4 дня назад +5

    Just lost a job paying 70k a year right before Xmas . My wife and I are stresssed out can’t pay bills . I make 20$ an hr

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад +2

      @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716 So sorry to hear. That's way too common out here, and the bureaucrats in DC keep gaslighting us that everything is awesome. I hope you find something better paying soon.

    • @Mike-ye6xi
      @Mike-ye6xi 4 дня назад

      Not anymore go play lottery and your life will be changed go now

    • @VenomRoadRacing
      @VenomRoadRacing 3 дня назад +3

      @@Ur_Mothas_Lova_716 Start your own business and work like hell at it after your work hours.
      Nothing to lose.

    • @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716
      @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716 3 дня назад +1

      @@VenomRoadRacingya I still have an llc so it’s definitely possible . Like you said , nothing to lose everything to gain 💪

    • @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716
      @Ur_Mothas_Lova_716 3 дня назад

      @@CluelessPantherya we are being squeezed out of positions and treated like crap

  • @peteg7446
    @peteg7446 3 дня назад +4

    I was laid-off 3 months after purchasing a home. It's some scary stuff

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      @peteg7446 Sorry to hear bud. Were you able to secure something else soon after? I resisted the urge to buy a home so much that my wife calls me "anti-home ownership" but it was because I was not feeling secure in my job. And I got laid off anyway.

    • @peteg7446
      @peteg7446 3 дня назад +1

      @CluelessPanther I was lucky enough to find another job within a few weeks. I had been with that company for 8yrs. I'm now at 20yrs with my current employer. I'm getting ready to retire early.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад +1

      Right, so that happened a long time ago. I thought it was recent. Glad you're all sorted out now. Kudos on the hard work.

    • @peteg7446
      @peteg7446 3 дня назад +1

      @@CluelessPanther have a blessed Christmas and safe New Years 😁

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Merry Christmas to you too. I hope it’s filled with joy

  • @ParkviewSinger
    @ParkviewSinger 4 дня назад +2

    Indeed. Find an overnight sitting job with an easy client. The extra money is a blessing.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад

      @ParkviewSinger Don't you need some type of certification to be a caregiver?

  • @ShammahCorner
    @ShammahCorner 4 дня назад +3

    This is so sad, and with the state that the economy is currently in, losing a job is scary. We are living in times where it is becoming so necessary to cultivate multiple streams of income (as much as possible), because job security is no longer a guarantee. I hope these individuals manage to find a new job at the beginning of the new year.🙏🏾

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад +1

      Job security has been a joke for a very long time. I blame myself for not securing multiple sources of income; I knew better and didn't act quickly.

    • @ShammahCorner
      @ShammahCorner 4 дня назад +1

      @CluelessPanther I share the same sentiments.😅

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад +1

      Now we know better. This will be the last time I'm caught unprepared.

    • @ShammahCorner
      @ShammahCorner 3 дня назад +1

      @CluelessPanther 🙏🏾

  • @foxideart292
    @foxideart292 3 дня назад +1

    be my former employer where 5 people got fired in the span of 1 year and 2 who left on their own and their positions aren't filled, instead passed on to others.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      That’s the thing with some of these employers. That’s why I always say that if I don’t like how it’s being run, I’m leaving. Don’t have time to be asking for more help that will never come

  • @VenomRoadRacing
    @VenomRoadRacing 3 дня назад +2

    Wait... tik tok is actually being banned....
    What a xmas gift.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      @VenomRoadRacing I personally think it won't get banned. Remember how Trump was the first to threaten a Tiktok ban, scheduled it for 2021 and Biden postponed it till 2025? Each president threatens the ban but doesn't want to be the one to actually execute. Trump loves his popularity among young people and wouldn't want to tarnish that so I predict he'll postpone it again.

    • @VenomRoadRacing
      @VenomRoadRacing 3 дня назад

      @CluelessPanther The ban is on 19th inauguration on 20th

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      I still don’t think it’ll actually go through. It’ll be political suicide for the Dems

    • @VenomRoadRacing
      @VenomRoadRacing 3 дня назад +1

      @@CluelessPanther It's really not a big deal. I don't believe 14 year olds in 4 years will not vote for them because they took away tiktok. Also with low birthrates the young vote doesn't have much power now.
      The majority that effect it far more arnt tik tok users.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      TikTok is not only used by 14 year olds. There are a lot of millennials and gen z’s who make a living from the content they post on TikTok who won’t be very happy

  • @Mike-ye6xi
    @Mike-ye6xi 3 дня назад +1

    This is when chad bails on her and the nice guy becomes a target to save the day once on her feet its back to chad again

  • @Joshua.Developer
    @Joshua.Developer 3 дня назад +1

    There is no reason to choose Christmas to lay people off. Psychos are running these companies

  • @freema9246
    @freema9246 День назад +1

    I LOVE how people don't pay attention.
    this is a lost generation.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  День назад

      What were they not paying attention to?

    • @freema9246
      @freema9246 День назад +1

      ​@@CluelessPanther for one, they are too focused on social media instead of paying attention to the business they work for. they're on the inside and should absolutely understand what's going on. sitting around waiting to be fired and caught off guard implies they were asleep at the wheel. enron should be required reading/research/example for everyone. I used to work for a company that was steadily laying people off from before the day I arrived. offshoring work. laying off workers but glad handing amd chopping it up with pots talking about they're hiring, for lower wages AND lying about needing visa workers, ALL THE SIGNS. I spent the last 3 years training and studying all I could preparing for the day my name was listed. I was paying attention when the bonuses dwindled and then the year we didn't get one at all but the ceo was still raking in millions, I knew it wouldn't be long. these people should have already understood business trends. layoffs are rarely based on employee skillset. workers w/benefits are the most expensive line items. whining because they got canned "two weeks b4 holidays" and while "we trying to buy a house" is comical to me. these corps do not care. Jobs are ONLY about LEARNING and EARNING.

    • @freema9246
      @freema9246 День назад +1

      Also, I actually used to work at AWDC and the company I worked for (temp) made the terms crystal clear, but every single season, some of them, working side by side actual workers, doing exact same work, seeing what it is, still assume they can get on FT and would still want to having heard amd seem the horror stories up close and personal. I was happy it was temporary, but I also had a FT job. it was definitely wild up in there. but it's not like they hiding anything.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  23 часа назад

      @freema9246 Very well said. You're right there are signs. Last year I left a job for another one because they had started layoffs 6 months prior, and I wasn't waiting to find out if I was next. This time round, I got caught off guard because I was one of the very first to be laid off after a year of strong growth. Sometimes it's obvious but it can be sudden as well, and we could get caught off guard.

    • @freema9246
      @freema9246 23 часа назад

      hmm wonder what happened to my whole other lengthier reply??? ESRNING and LEARNING. also watch for those signs.

  • @coop22981
    @coop22981 3 дня назад +1

    I'm curios what their jobs were. The first girl said marketing and I have a feeling so where the other three. Marketing has one of the highest turnover rate of any job out there. On average marketing companies have a 30% turnover rate so while their current marketing job may have ended another just opened up at another marketing company somewhere

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      @coop22981 You're right on the money. But some people don't research into the typical turnover rate of their career choice and the economic ebbs and flows. I'm a consultant and know that the turnover with us is even higher so I was not at all shocked when I was let go of. I don't know what the other ladies do for work tho.

  • @user-rq4qo2tl9m
    @user-rq4qo2tl9m 3 дня назад +1

    You what is even harder, the gap in your beautiful resume or what was once beautiful resume. Now as you’re starting all over again, you need to figure out what to say when you have such a large gap in your résumé cause apparently explaining that you just couldn’t find a job is not good enough so it seems like it’s gonna get harder and harder for a lot of people even the ones that went to school for a very long time and have a lot of experience in various fields

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад +1

      @user-rq4qo2tl9m You're absolutely right. That's one of the various BS that employers use to preserve power over you. I have a 6-month gap now (and growing) but I'm not bothered by it. If you ask me, I'll say I took time off to work on some personal projects, including RUclips and podcasting (coming soon). If you're going to disregard the value that I'll bring to your company because of some silly gap, that's your loss.

    • @user-rq4qo2tl9m
      @user-rq4qo2tl9m 3 дня назад +1

      @ I’m so sorry, the only thing I can think of is we aren’t alone.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад +1

      We aren’t alone at all. I’m using this down time to work on other streams of income that should supplement when I eventually find a new job

    • @user-rq4qo2tl9m
      @user-rq4qo2tl9m 3 дня назад +1

      @ you will do well!

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  2 дня назад

      Thank you

  • @ambivertical
    @ambivertical 3 дня назад +1

    Are you American or African?

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      I’m African. You can tell from the accent, right?

  • @TMendocino
    @TMendocino 3 дня назад +1

    No need to worry, we voted for TRUMP, "I ALONE CAN FIX IT" DJT Trump will save you! GRIN

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Good luck relying on one man to solve all your problems, even if he’s the president.

    • @TMendocino
      @TMendocino 3 дня назад +1

      @CluelessPanther Trump's our man, if he can't do no one can!!! 😀 😸 😁

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Good luck

  • @hiwayman1153
    @hiwayman1153 4 дня назад +2

    Im glad my job needs workers all the time.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  4 дня назад +1

      @hiwayman1153 Lucky you, it must be real nice to have that sense of security. Maybe I should come work where you are. Don't get complacent tho.

  • @stephalban3942
    @stephalban3942 3 дня назад +1

    Your getting married and have absolutely no money saved really? Go collect!!

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      That’s one thing I don’t understand with many Americans. My wedding was paid off in cash cos I don’t believe in racking up debt for anything that’s not an investment.

  • @LuisPuente-v9r
    @LuisPuente-v9r 3 дня назад

    Suck it up find another job instead of posting it on social media like the people gonna save you lol, I've been fired many times , blue collar worker here , sucks cuz I can relate , funny they complain about it

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Everyone has their way of processing so I don’t judge. Some people feel better after posting on social media.

  • @tenkarausa5294
    @tenkarausa5294 3 дня назад

    Gain more skills that make you more valuable and this will not be an issue. Most people get a job and then just coast instead of progressing.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад +1

      @tenkarausa5294 I'm gonna disagree with you on that. Companies will lay you off irrespective of how good you are at your job. Elon Musk gutted the supercharger team even though the supercharger network is hands down the best performing EV charging network. I agree that we must all be leveling up our skills and networking like crazy to establish ourselves in our roles, but the company can drop you regardless.

    • @tenkarausa5294
      @tenkarausa5294 3 дня назад +1

      @ true. My coworker was on that supercharger team. 3 weeks later they offered the position back. Companies are weird but if something does happen while you are gaining skills you will always have them to fall back on and use for when you reapply or go out on your own. People are not taking responsibility or living in reality. Every day someone in a foreign land is getting better and cheaper, if you don’t match these workers what is the justification for your job? Because you deserve it? Nah. Respectfully I believe both can be true at the same time.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      @tenkarausa5294 Great defense. You're right that your skills are the main thing to fall back on if/when you get laid off. I'll add your network to that as well. Having a strong network of people that you've worked with and senior professionals advocating for your success in addition to your skills and work ethics will ensure that you always land right back on your feet.

  • @dwdrumshdmotorcyclesvirgom7379
    @dwdrumshdmotorcyclesvirgom7379 3 дня назад +1

    Tiktok is not a living. get out there and work for a living.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      Pretty sure you can make TikToks in your free time

  • @brotherrubin3914
    @brotherrubin3914 3 дня назад +1

    In Japan and many other developed and under developed countries HAVE job security, they have figured out a way to do it; it is not difficult and these are countries that have businesses that operate out of greed..BUT THEIR GOVERNMENT PROTECTS THE WORKERS.. the little smart Americans haven't figured out sh*t because they govern themselves by jealousy and throw each other under the bus...their is a difference not just in culture but in the type of person a society has.

    • @CluelessPanther
      @CluelessPanther  3 дня назад

      @brotherrubin3914 You're so right. The job insecurity here is because of the winner-takes-all mentality governing American society.