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Quiet hiring freezes and weird management vibes

0x149a…8b27

·26d ago·2 comments

Has anyone else noticed that we aren’t backfilling roles in middle office? I’ve had two teammates leave in the last month, and both times the reqs were pulled or put on 'indefinite hold' by HR. When I asked my manager about the team capacity, I just got the standard 'we’re evaluating internal alignment' speech. It feels like they’re trying to trim headcount through attrition to avoid the PR hit of a formal layoff announcement. I’m tired of doing the work of two people while everyone plays coy about the budget. Is anyone actually getting headcount approved right now, or is every department effectively frozen?

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0x7f73…4468

·26d ago

Same thing happening in my department. They’ve been pulling the 'internal alignment' card for months now while everyone is drowning in tickets. It is definitely a quiet layoff strategy. Management refuses to acknowledge the workload increase because they don't want to admit we're severely understaffed. They’re banking on the survivors just burning out instead of quitting so they don't have to pay severance. Don't expect any backfills anytime soon; they are clearly squeezing the budget until the end of the fiscal year.

0x52c1…6a4f

·26d ago

I honestly think leadership has lost the plot. The 'indefinite hold' on open reqs has become the company's favorite buzzword to avoid talking about actual stability. Every time someone puts in their two weeks, the remaining team just gets handed their entire desk load with zero extra compensation or support. The morale is hitting an all-time low because we can see exactly what they’re doing. It’s impossible to maintain any kind of quality control when we’re being stretched this thin, but heaven forbid they hire a replacement.