What are the chances of me being laid off?

Question by xxslickbgxx: What are the chances of me being laid off?
My company is moving from 3 shifts the 2 shifts, which mean they have to combine the shifts.. but that would mean there would be way to many people on each shift. There has been rumors of 30 people getting laid off, and some say there won’t be any. So has anyone been in a situation like this? And if so, how many people got laid off? I just figure they would lay off at least 15 people because if they don’t.. it is going to be packed in there.

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Answer by Still reading
Generally, if they’re reducing a shift, it’s because they have too much capacity and need to reduce capacity and costs. So, of course, they will lay off the number of people who manned the 3rd shift, plus, possibly a few more, not less.

Your personal chances of being laid off depend on your seniority, your work record, your shift, combined with any union contract and the company’s approach to layoffs.

Some companies have union contracts which normally call for layoffs based on seniority, even if this means a 3rd shift worker bumping somebody from the earlier shifts. This approach, minus bumping, is popular with traditional firms who are non-union. Some companies would simply lay off all 3rd shift employees, clean and easy. More recently, companies have developed “stacking and ranking” layoff programs, whereby each employee on all 3 shifts would be rated. Ratings would then be compared and employees would generally be laid off in accordance with their personal ranking.

Regardless which method is used, the laid off employees should receive a packet explaining the process and who (by age, not by name) was also laid off. If 50 or more employees are laid off, they need to be given 30 days notice.

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