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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People aren't talking about it because it requires admitting the vast majority of parents with school aged kids aren't able to work with the same availability or quality as pre-pandemic. And of course we [b]all know and see that[/b], but openly discussing it makes it real.

And we all know employers are looking for any reason to cut people right now. While they can't discriminate based on familial status, they certainly can terminate people for low performance.

So if we all just pretend like it isn't happening, we feel about 10% safer in our jobs, that we need to pay the bills. At least the employer would need to broach the conversation and document low performance to terminate for cause, which is a real bad look right now when you can just lay people off and give them unemployment. But if workers are out there talking about it, the employer has all the proof they need with no work on their side.

That is why she can speak up as a self-employed blogger and all us W2 employees are just trying to keep our heads down and appearances of having it together up. [/quote]

I have not seen that at all... what industry do you work in?

Professional services.

They pushed the curve that meeting basic expectations and not over achieving puts you at risk for layoffs come July 6. The next round will be in August.  To millennials  (which is majority of workforce) it’s being sold as performance issues.  But a year earlier, the same performance would have gotten you a bonus not a lay-off.   I’m in HR so know the game.

Any small drop in high (not average)  performance  - or miss - is quickly documented.  Anyone on the bench is not meeting expectations so you need to be picked.    It’s impacting people at all levels except partners.

I’m expected to put in 50+ hours of high impact work or you are at risk.  Which when you are juggling equates to 60 hours for higher quality, bc I’m not as efficient.   The firm pushes all the efficiency strategies at same time

.  I don’t have super young kids - but DL took a huge toll even at elementary level.  For older kids, with their structure taken away created newer challenges.    It’s really hard to have same quality and the fatigue is very real.   When I read the line about doing this another 106 days, that exactly describes my thoughts on doing this during the fal.

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We are not laying off people but we have doing extra rounds of performance management including PIPs, etc. and are telling people that poor performance is given even less of a pass than before.[/quote]

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