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Is Your Company Preparing For Layoffs? With the recent spate of company layoffs, job cuts loom large in employees' consciousness these days. There's even been talk that the quiet quitting phenomenon has abated as employees fear for their jobs. How can you tell if your organization is prepping for layoffs? There are obvious signs, like a memo from the CEO announcing a push for efficiency. Or the hiring of a consulting firm known to specialize in process improvement, efficiency, or cost savings. Or the departure of some of the firm's top-level executives. There are also more subtle signs that a company is readying itself for layoffs. Here are four that are easy to spot (once you know what to look for). #1: Hints In Earnings Reports And Other Communications Companies are notoriously bad at communicating openly with employees, especially about the challenges the company is facing. In Leadership IQ's study, The Risks Of Ignoring Employee Feedback, we discover...

Over the past two years, we've focused our writing on the myriad of challenges and evolving realities facing the “modern workplace” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's clear that no one anticipated not only the duration of the pandemic, but also the effects it would have on both the physical workplace environment itself, as well as — and more importantly — the ways we do work. For those of us involved in the hiring process, there isn’t a candidate who doesn't ask about remote and/or hybrid working situations. For those of us actively hiring, we're faced with the reality that employees are no longer interested in a traditional office environment. Now that companies are developing plans for a return to the office — at least in some capacity — there are new challenges that must be addressed.   Training and Mentoring   Many companies are facing the reality that they have a growing number of employees who have never been in the office. In their minds, they've been...