Ex corporate employee reveals how to find out if your company is planning to lay you off
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Are you on the cutting board? Former corporate worker details how to find out if his company plans to fire him BEFORE he gets fired
- Gabby, known as @corporatequitter, shared a video about the WARN Act
- US labor law requires some companies to notify mass layoffs
- In the video, he pulled out the WARN notices listed on the New York State website.
A TikTok user has detailed how you can find out if you’re going to get laid off before it happens, as widespread layoffs have people across the country fearing for their jobs.
Gabby, known as @corporatequitter, dedicated a recent video to everything she learned about the Warning ActMeaning Notification of adjustment and retraining of workers.
So with all the layoffs and all this shit, like you want to know, “Oh, am I going to get fired too?” I recently found out that there is something called WARNING notices,” she explained.
Enacted in 1988, federal labor law requires most businesses with 100 or more employees to give 60-day notice of plant closings and layoffs.
TikTok user Gabby, known as @corporatequitter, shared a video about the WARN Act, which stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.
Enacted in 1988, federal labor law requires most companies with 100 or more employees to give 60-day notice of plant closings and layoffs.
Several states also have laws similar to the WARN Act to protect employees facing job loss.
In the video, Gabby pulled out the WARNING Notices that were listed on New York State and clicked on the Goldman Sachs listing, which was first introduced on January 9.
The filing also included the dates the layoffs would occur and the total number of employees affected.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has warned employees to prepare for significant layoffs at the end of 2022. The investment banking company cut about 3,200 positions this month.
In the video, Gabby opened the WARN notices that were listed on the New York State website and clicked on the Goldman Sachs listing.
The file included the dates on which the layoffs would take place and the total number of employees affected.
“For those people who still work in companies, because I’m not a corporate person anymore, I want to know if you got your layoff ticket,” Gabby said. ‘Because if not, it’s showing it on this damn system.’
‘Why have I never heard of this?! PLEASE REPOST TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD,” she added in the caption.
Gabby’s post comes nearly two months after Twitter was sued for violating the WARN Act following its mass layoffs in November.
The video has been viewed more than 200,000 times and has received more than 255 comments since January 23.
‘Why does it feel like I’ve stumbled upon one of the secrets of the universe?’ wrote one person, while another added: ‘This is amazing. Thanks [for] exchange.’
Many commenters thanked Gabby for sharing the information, while others pointed out the different ways companies circumvent the WARN Act during layoffs.
Layoffs require planning. I tried to tell other TikTokers. Layoffs just don’t happen,’ someone else insisted.
Others pointed to the different ways companies circumvent the WARN Act, claiming the filing is merely a formality.
‘It does not apply to all layoffs. There are conditions that must be met and, sometimes, they are circumvented”, pointed out a spectator.
‘It’s just for more than 50 laid off employees. My company specifically fires 40-45 people each time to not involve the act,” another explained.
“Most companies file this the day they lay off, then pay people for the required period,” added someone else. ‘So this doesn’t say anything in advance.’