Dear Diary,
Well fuck…I just said I was already over May…it’s the 7th literally 3 days later and my husband was laid off. His company did a 20% rif and he was impacted. The way it was done was terrible. He went to lunch and came back to a locked laptop. He pinged IT and they told him to check his email. He received an email that didn’t even have his name on it…it said “Hi, We’re writing to share some difficult news. Unfortunate your role is being impacted by this reduction.”
Meanwhile my sister in law still works there (thank god because she’s pregnant) got an invite for a company wide meeting explaining what happened…no Cloudflare you fucked up and did it backwards. You should have put all those impacted and shared they are being let go that way they could see the “regret” you have and actually explain to those being let go what’s happening. Massive layoffs are never easy, I know this I’ve been apart of them on both sides and this was poorly handled. Sure the severance is nice but it does not mitigate the poor delivery. 1100 employees cut in a day and somehow an impersonal template that does not reflect their core values is supposed to make it ok? It doesn’t, it was a huge missed opportunity to simply write in the person’s name.
Anyway…we’re here now and we’ve been in worse situations. It was a blessing in disguise because he was no longer thriving and was looking for an exit anyway. Now he can focus on finding a new role that he’ll be happier in while still having a generous package and unemployment benefits.
For real for real this time…I really hope the rest of May goes well…ugh I haven’t even processed my Mother’s Day feelings yet….no not doing that now…I just can’t anymore…G
Gel's Sueso 