University Employee Fears Layoff Amid Budget Cuts and HR Meeting
— Reddit r/layoffs
Key Takeaway
The author expresses concern about a potential layoff following a meeting request from HR. They mention previous layoffs at their university due to budget cuts and feel uncertain about their job security.
Was told to bring my union rep with me if so choose. Email was 2 HR people, my union rep, with my supervisor CC'd. Supervisior has been unreachable on the matter and I got no response from HR asking for more information. I work for a university and we have been gutted by budget cuts. Over the summer our entire helpdesk was laid off and outsourced for instance, along with a lot of anecdotes of quiet layoffs since then. I am operating as if i'm next, but some people have said that with longer
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