I can actually solely converse to the business right here in North America. When layoffs occur, the folks deciding who goes and who stays normally triage the staff – divide them by significance/necessity. This will embody which undertaking they’re engaged on, how a lot tribal data they’ve, how troublesome they’d be to switch or outsource, and so forth. Some staff are deemed mission-critical and are protected. Some staff are deemed excessive precedence and are within the least hazard. Most are put generally buckets of decrease and decrease priorities, with the layoffs ranging from the bottom precedence and dealing their method upward till enough prices have been lower.
The rule of thumb is {that a} employee that’s simpler to switch and/or engaged on a much less essential undertaking has a decrease precedence to retain. If the duties of 1’s group may be outsourced to an exterior contractor, that will increase the probabilities of shedding the complete group and outsourcing to an exterior group. If the employee would not have relationship together with her supervisor, that may lower her possibilities at being stored. This is applicable in broad strokes, from artists to consultants. It’s best to make use of this type of heuristic to judge one’s layoff potential.
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