Given the current economic climate, employers and employees around the world are becoming better acquainted with the reality of layoffs each day. Joining us to discuss the ins and outs of layoffs are co-founders of Thrive HR Consulting, Rey Ramirez and Jason Walker. Rey and Jason have both held multiple roles in HR for many years, having worked for the likes of Cisco Systems and BMC Software. In this episode, they provide insight into the current hiring (and firing) landscape and the push and pull of navigating the continuation of remote work post-pandemic. We discuss the factors affecting layoffs, the typical layoff process, who’s most at risk, and how to mitigate that risk. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing HR titans and cofounders of Thrive HR Consulting, Rey Ramirez and Jason Walker.
• Rey and Jason’s respective backgrounds, and how they came to found their company.
• Insight into the current hiring market: deglobalization and AI advancement.
• How small to mid-size companies are benefitting from large corporation layoffs.
• The continuation of remote hiring and hybrid work setups.
• Why employers generally prefer employees to work in the office.
• The challenges of phasing out remote work.
• The typical layoff process and which positions are most at risk.
• How to make yourself indispensable and mitigate the risk of being laid off.
• The importance of networking and how to do so effectively.
• How to anticipate layoffs.
• Under what circumstances a company will offer severance. 

Tweetables:

“There’s still competition in the hiring market. We’re talking a lot about what we call deglobalization. ” — Jason Walker [0:04:29]

“Remote hiring is continuing. The last 24 months have shown us that work can be done, whether it’s recruiting work [or] development work, remotely.” — Rey Ramirez [0:07:40]

“The key in the future is [going to be] having space that encourages people to connect.” — Rey Ramirez [0:14:44]

“You’ve got to treat employees respectfully because the same people you’re laying off today are the ones you’re going to be trying to re-recruit in nine months.” — Jason Walker [0:21:26]

“Quiet always means there’s something looming on the horizon.” — Jason Walker [0:39:44]

“You’ve always got to be networking. You should always be looking into the jobs that are out there to understand what’s available at any given moment.” — Rey Ramirez [0:44:34]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Rey Ramirez on LinkedIn

Jason Walker on LinkedIn

Jason Walker Email

Thrive HR Consulting

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