A woman has uncovered several secret ways she predicted her company would launch layoffs months in advance – including hiring freezes, odd behavior and budget cuts – and shared them in a viral TikTok video
Eve, known as @adminandeve on TikTok, from New York, knew she was being laid off several months before her company announced it, and she shared the “warning signs” in a viral video.
In the video, which racked up over 112,000 views, she shared how to spot the signs with her 112,000 followers, prompting many viewers to share their own advice in the comments.
New York’s Eve has revealed several secret ways she predicted her company would make layoffs months in advance in a viral TikTok video
Known as @adminandeve on TikTok, she knew she was getting laid several months in advance and shared the “warning signs” in a video
In the video, she shared how to recognize the signs and urged many viewers to share their own advice in the comments section
She began her video by noting that she’d already endured two layoffs, and while she survived the first two unscathed, she added that she wouldn’t be as “lucky” this time.
Eve, who works in the tech industry, added she predicted her company would lay off employees “tomorrow”.
“How did I know my company would go through rounds of layoffs two months after they were actually announced?
“And how can you look at those warning signs and also see the writing on the wall? Let’s get into that,’ she said.
Eve compiled a list of four signs a company is laying off workers and told her followers how they might “see the writing on the wall.”
She began by suggesting that a change in executive behavior could mean a round of layoffs is imminent.
“Executives and executives, even your managers, are going to start acting a little weird.”
“Maybe they stop engaging with the team in the usual way, or maybe they’re focusing on random things … they’re asking specific questions about budgets, for example,” Eve said.
The New Yorker added that when management starts asking about the budget, you know there are budget issues.
Eve said scrapping “big-dollar projects” like office renovations, or projects she’d been “excited about” months earlier, is another telltale sign a company is about to lay off its employees.
She added: ‘[Companies] Do this to save money.’
Next on their list was the hiring freeze.
Eve added that her company has stopped hiring or issued a “hiring freeze.”
Eve, who works in tech, noted budget cuts, hiring freezes, unsolicited feedback and “funny” behavior from executives as “red flags.”
Her followers urged others to beware when managers ask for your passwords, tell you to take PTO, and when company bathrooms run out of soap
Now the New Yorker is taking her followers on her job hunt and sharing the “red flags” of jobs; Eve shared two “red flags,” including working overnight and remote work requirements
How to spot a round of corporate layoffs
- New York’s Eve has revealed several secret ways she predicted her company would make layoffs months in advance in a viral TikTok video.
- Their reasons included budget cuts, hiring freezes, unsolicited feedback, and “weird” behavior from executives.
- In the video, she shared how to recognize the signs and urged many viewers to share their own advice in the comments section.
- The first sign their followers would guess others was when managers ask for your passwords
- They added that executives telling you to take PTO is another telltale sign
- Finally, one user shared that when company bathrooms run out of soap, a round of layoffs isn’t far off.
She noted that the tech startup she worked for has “frozen every single open position other than executive director.”
A slowdown or hiring freeze can mean a company is trying to cut costs and is another warning sign of future layoffs.
Once a company has saved as much as possible through a hiring freeze, layoffs are very likely to be next.
Eve added that employees who are about to be fired may also receive feedback on their job performance that they are not used to.
“That might be to build a case to get you on the chopping block. Because they can’t cite performance issues if there aren’t any,” Eve concluded.
Eve seemed spot on about the upcoming round of layoffs as she shared a follow-up video revealing via email that she’s been laid off.
Additionally, while reading the email that brought her the bad news, Eve said that she was locked out of her company email and had to re-request access to stop reading the email.
And it seems Eve isn’t alone in her recent job loss.
Over 68,400 tech workers have lost their jobs this year, according to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks the number of layoffs in the tech industry.
Some of the biggest names in tech have announced hiring freezes and layoffs, according to Forbes, including Google, which first said it would slow hiring for the rest of 2022 and then announced a two-week hiring hiatus in July.
Other companies include Netflix, which laid off 150 employees in May and another 300 in June, and Twitter, which began withdrawing job offers in May and then laid off 30 percent of its talent acquisition staff in July.
LinkedIn’s latest HR report found that several industries experienced a hiring spike in June, while tech hiring fell 9.1 percent.
After losing her job, Eve is now taking her followers on a job hunt, even sharing company red flags.
When viewing job postings on LinkedIn, the New Yorker noticed some red flags for hiring jobs, including evening and weekend work, high-speed internet connection, and an uninterrupted location to take work calls for remote work.
And Eve isn’t the only one who noticed the “writing on the wall,” many of her followers took to her comments section to share their own experiences of corporate layoffs.
Eve isn’t the only one who noticed the “writing on the wall,” many of her followers took to her comments section to share their own experiences of corporate layoffs
One user said: “Big sign: you’re running out of soap in the bathrooms. They first stop paying the vendors. Gone through 2 and the soap is a red flag.’
“Mine was they stopped offering free coffee and gummy bears lmaooo,” added one user.
Another commented, “The biggest red flag for me afterwards was that they asked us to make sure we all have our passwords/subscriptions in one master list.”
“My brother was just released but they didn’t tell him. He found out by watching the news,” commented another user.
Another user added: “Same here! I first found out on the news that my company had gone bankrupt! Then my boss calls me to pick up my check and cash it before 2pm lol it was wild.’
“Execute here. When they cite performance issues, they muddy the waters to make themselves feel better. Layoffs are terminations without notice,” said another user.