Am i "cooked"

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Got an invite from my bosses bosses boss for a “confidential sync - please prioritize” tomorrow for 10 minutes. I have never met with him and only yesterday spoke to him directly in our monthly business review.

There was no context and no other attendees. I messaged his executive assistant whether there was any context that i needed to prepare something for the call to which she replied

“No context :blush: & dont be worried lol”

Want to believe her and even if i was fired tomorrow i will be fine etc just curious of the consensus of the forum. I am a sr technical program manager in the cloud industry and have been working here for over 5 years for reference.

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He is giving you free Detroit Lions season tickets. I know it!

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He might want you to be your bosses boss

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Doubt you’re being fired… But might be about your salary based on the wording

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Nah you’re boss getting canned tho

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Unless the executive assistant is the Marquis de Sade, you can trust “don’t worry, lol”.

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I’ve been laid off and its a day of suprise meeting.

They wouldn’t give you that much advanced notice

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We also just did layoffs and already notified everyone last month, i wasnt impacted. Salary wise i am at the low end of the band but we dont do comp reviews with skip levels etc

Just an odd thing seeing as we have never met or even had a conversation prior to yesterdays business review. it was randomly added for the tomorrow with 0 context.

Again i will be fine either way, severance isnt a bad thing, but just curious as to the thoughts of my lions fan family.

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I tend to believe as well just the thought of let him enjoy his last day was in the back of my mind haha

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I am so blessed - retired and about to get SS

Prayers all goes well

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Congrats on the retirement!

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In truth 3 bosses up don’t fire people. 1-2 boss levels max. Tell them you want the Lions tickets and pass on the trip to Dubai. At least as of today.

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Sadly he would be offering me Seahawks tickets and i would vomit in my mouth…

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Carol…carol

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Where I work they give people at least 6 weeks notice before laying them off so they can look for another job, and they get preference for any open jobs within the hospital. There isn’t any lead up to it. Hopefully they aren’t giving you the axe.

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If you walk in the room and the Big Boss is sitting with Corporate KGB (HR). Well Shit…

That’s how it went for me when I was laid off, plus they kept telling how professional I was.

over and over. Pure Phony…which says a lot more about them they it ever did me.

Anyways man, I always want people to succeed. So I hope it’s a good surprise. Just the 10 minute time deal is what is flagging me the most.

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Don’t shower or shave, walk in smoking a Marlboro red and ask him if this is going to take long because you have a lunch date with a hottie. Now…you’re either fired or a new VP. Best to get that shit out of the way.

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Don’t drink anything that you didn’t pour yourself… Watch for date, rape drug

The universe does what she does… But we do have free will among all of this to determine the trajectory of things

The extra handsome folks have extra challenges as well

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It is a remote call and HR isnt an attendee at least on the list, just the director and I. 10 minutes and no context is what got me confused and wondering but all things considered I dont think I really will care long term what comes out of the call barring him asking for some unrealistic deliverable that i have to try to push us towards.

With that said, most that are saying that 3 rungs up dont fire individual contributors that dont report to them tend to be right in my experience in corporate life unless of course you pick a fight with them or make them look stupid on a call.

I dont know what will happen it is just a weird thing overall. I have been top tier or high value 3 (annual reviews) every year i have worked for this company as well but i am not foolish enough to think that protects me in anyway from getting the axe.

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