Donna
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Well, this is a can of worms. Each company will determine whom to lay off based on many different things. They could have a union contract that specifies the order of layoff, or they could have personal contracts with their employees that deal with this issue. If the company does not have contractual issues to deal with, and they need to keep enough workers with enough experience to continue in business, they will look at each department to see who will best fill their needs. However, they also have to not be seen as firing or laying off employees in a discriminatory way, bacause that could get them into trouble with the Feds or the State rights groups. |
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Maggie G
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There is no universal answer to your question. They do it in different ways - seniority, department, seniority within departments, non-productive employees, high wage earners, etc. No way to tell. |
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bud68
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It is totally up to company management. The only exception is for a union work force in which case seniority rules may apply. |
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barnicle bill
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alot of factors... but if you are in a strong union it usually goes by senority for the most part |
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I would say its like commitment and attendance, however my uncle had recently been laid off after working for nearly 12 years. He was very commited to his job and was always there early. I think this is quite unfair . |
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mad hatter
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ini mini miney mo |
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utedriver
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It can be hard to tell. They can go a number of ways. They sometimes lay off the people that have most recently joined the company. Sometimes they unfortunately let off the long time workers and then hire people to do the same job for less.
Its really hard to tell though so unfortunately you will have to wait it out, but he will most likely be given a decent severance package if he is laid off. Best of luck! |
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Baloo
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Rock,Paper,Scissors. |
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Skeptic
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There are legal ways and illegal ways. The safest approach is to use seniority, however, companies often don't follow the safest approach. One company asked everyone to list 5 employees who they felt should be laid off. (Talk about survivor?)
Most often, they use stack ranking of employees. During reviews they rank employees top to bottom. They just dismiss based on performance making sure not to dismiss too many in one area.
Sometimes, companies will fake a performance issue to dismiss some people and avoid paying unemployment. |
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Jay F
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Theyre more likely to lay off those who under perform and volunteer least for overtime. They wont hardworkers, and will sack the slackers |
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Jordan L
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probably the most productive people with the most senority will keep their jobs and all the new guys and part timers will be history |
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Trojan8408
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It just depends. I know that isn't the answer you want but it is the only true one. Some companies pick their faves/who the boss is buddies with. In some cases all of the management gets fired and replaced by cheaper replacements that they promote from within. In many cases all of the part time people get sent out and then the overtime is cut from the full time people. |
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twistoffate2099
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last ones into the company usually get cut first, then people or i should say positions that are not profitable to the company or their services are not a necessity to continue and grow their business |
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julvrug
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It depends on the company policy, usually a company does this by seniority, but not always. Usually the number of hours a person works has little to do with it, but those earning the most may be offered a buyout or be laid off. The key idea is to drop costs, this can be through letting go those with the highest wages and benefit costs or merely by letting go those who are the bottom of the list. |
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Larimar R
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to tell you the truth if you are a hardworker and if they are giving you slot of work and you are an important worker you wont get laid off if not there is a chance you might get laid off...Good luck hope you dont get laid off!!! |
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Ben Moreno
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My company laid off based on seniority. They laid off the most senior people first. I think this strategy is used to get people who can still do the job but for less pay. |
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Baby Bang
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They look at everyone and evaluate their work and then look at all of their evaluations and choose the worst workers. Then they give the person with the worst evaluation a warning and if the person doest improve the company fires him/her for not working hard enough |
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racerxfactor
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seniority and production. cost of keeping an employee. i.e. if someones a lot younger and working for less pay and putting out the production as an older employee; that can be a factor.
just try looking at a business stand point. you have to lay off workers because you need to free up some revenue. |
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If i knew would i bother to ask?
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by what others think of you
how you do your work
miss work
are reliable
does the manager likes you et, etc |
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d s
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whoever is the most useless |
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josh9850
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by who sucks the most |
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jareyn2002
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Layoffs are historically done on a seniority basis. The worker with the least usually get laid off first. That is the benefit of seniority. |
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pura_rosa
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Usually the pick the weakest links although some companies lay off acording to seniority. |
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