Leadership lay-offs ?

📌When you are one of the few remaining📌

Business Insider says that Amazon is trimming down its middle management.

According to Business Insider, they are increasing the number of direct reports that the remaining middle managers have whilst downgrading others – along with cutting their pay.

It is not an unusual situation and this is not specifically about Amazon.

There’s a lot we can discuss on this issue such as a culture of fear that this causes, but let’s look at the most pressing issue: what will your job look like if you are one of the middle leaders who is still there?

➡️What can you do?⬅️

👉Hopefully, you’ll be invited to talk to your boss about the situation. If not, you really do have to ask if you can.

👉Discuss priorities because if your workload is increasing, you need a clear idea of what are the most important things they need you to focus on.
It’s unrealistic to expect you to do big chunks your former colleagues’ work, along with your tasks.

👉If they are saving thousands on wages, they should be open to providing you with tools to help you do your new job efficiently. It won’t help anyone if you burnout.

👉Things like virtual assistants will be a fraction of the cost of a fired middle manager and could ease the pressure on you.

👉Up to date digital resources and automations can help too – but ask for robust training so that you know how to get the most out of it. You do not want to spend hours trying to train yourself.

👉Negotiate powers of delegation. Seek permission to assign some of your work to some of your direct reports. But be careful, they are likely to be as overloaded as you. 🔖If you need any guidance on delegation, send a DM to me here.

👉If you haven’t already, investigate prioritisation tools. This is another area we can help here, so DM if you need any advice.

It is vital that you look after yourself.
👉Set clearly manageable expectations with your line manager. And stick to them !

One last point. If things are not going well, keep an eye on the job vacancy lists.
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