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NJ layoffs: How are we supposed to keep the pipeline moving?

0x7036…5650

·31d ago·2 comments

So the May 27th news finally dropped and it’s another 56 people in New Jersey. I know we’ve been hearing 'streamlining' for months now, but watching colleagues get walked out is never easy, even when you see the writing on the wall. The morale here is currently non-existent. We’re being asked to do more with less, picking up the slack for people who were literally just sitting next to us last week. I’ve been looking at the numbers and it feels like leadership is just trimming the fat to make the balance sheet look better for the next quarter, regardless of the brain drain. Is anyone else feeling the pressure to cover two jobs now? Management keeps preaching about innovation, but it’s hard to innovate when you’re constantly wondering if you’re next on the list. Just looking for some perspective on whether people think this is the end of the cuts for the Jersey sites or if we should be bracing for another wave before the summer is over.

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0x532e…653d

·31d ago

It is honestly soul-crushing to watch the team shrink like this. We are all exhausted, constantly looking over our shoulders, and wondering who is next on the chopping block. Management keeps talking about efficiency and the pipeline, but you cannot innovate when the people doing the actual work are being pushed out the door. The culture here has shifted from scientific collaboration to pure survival mode, and it is becoming impossible to maintain any level of productivity when the office feels like a funeral home.

0x22d3…b86a

·31d ago

I have been at this company long enough to know the drill, but that does not make it any easier. Leadership is clearly prioritizing the quarterly bottom line over long-term stability and employee retention. It is infuriating to hear executive buzzwords about streamlining while the remaining staff is drowning in backfill work. They expect the same output with half the hands, and the math simply does not add up. Eventually, the pipeline is going to hit a wall, and then they will wonder why everything stalled.