We had a team meeting at my work last thursday and my manager announced to our group that we will most likely be having layoffs before the end of the year. he didn't say when, how many people or if there are specific teams/job titles that will be targeted. He kept giving examples from his past of layoffs including 30% of staff...so I'm thinking these will be fairly extensive. Our company has had a bad year and I was expecting some changes, but in my 8+ years here, we've never had layoffs before.
I truly believe I'll be safe. I'm young, hard working, have had a lot of face time with upper management this year for positive reasons and I'm the lowest paid individual for my job title here. I'm really not worried about myself. However, I know layoffs suck whether you get to keep your job or not. Plus, if i'm honest...the fact that i'm pregnant during all this scares the bejesus out of me. I haven't told anyone at work yet, and I'm planning to keep my mouth shut as long as I can. I'm hoping if we do have layoffs it will happen sooner than later so that my pregnancy is not part of that decision (even though it shouldn't be anyway - but let's be realistic here).
Have any of you been though layoffs at your job? Whether you were layed off or were able to keep your job, how did things change? How did you handle it? I'm curious to hear other people's experiences with this...