Question of the Day

[lycantras]

If you got laid off, would you be willing to be hired back at the same company?

Comments

[faecat]

1. Assuming there's no other reason I wouldn't want to work there, and
2. Assuming they had treated me fairly with the layoff and not acted like flaming jerkbags, and
3. Assuming they were hiring me back to an equivalent position and not "So we laid you off from this $60k a year job, and now we'd like you to come back as a janitor for minimum wage" or something --

Sure, I'd be willing to go back.

[joyce]

What she said. :)

[crimmycat]

1-3 as stated beautifully above, plus

4. Assuming I had not found a better job or made a commitment that conflicted,

I'd be willing to go back.

[faecat]

True, I also answered under the assumption that I was actually looking for a job rather than being called out of the blue.

[silentclarity]

My answer has been no a couple of times now. I'm working as a contractor, but I'm not laying my head back down on the chopping block.

[fixerbard]

Most likely. I liked my job that I got laid off at. Pretty much I'm on the same page as Faecat.

[madgenius]

Hmm. In a word, no. I would not be willing to return to any of the companies that have laid me off. (I'm including companies where I've had so-called employment 'contracts' too.)

[redzils]

Depends on those things faecat outlined above - do I really want to work there? - and my desperation level. If I needed the money and/or the benefits, I would probably go back whether or not those things were true.