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Re:Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes vi... by Aurornis on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:10AM (#38964107)
> Presumably these Cloudflare HR employees do have the data for why this person was laid off, and they might even have it in front of them, but yeah legally they can't give them any more specifics.

HR only talked for 21 seconds before she said "I'm going to stop you right there" and started talking over them.

She goes on to admit she closed zero sales, even past her ramp-up period.

It's unfortunate, but if they sorted people by sales performance she's at the bottom of the list (by definition)

I think a lot of people in this comment section are responding to the emotional nature of the TikTok and ignoring the fact that she had zero sales during a downsizing.

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Re:Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes vi... by laserlight on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:59AM (#38964500)
> It's unfortunate, but if they sorted people by sales performance she's at the bottom of the list (by definition)

If they were sorting people by sales performance, her manager shouldn't have given her a thumbs up in each one-on-one.

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Re:Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes vi... by sentientslug on Friday January 12, 2024 @09:27PM (#38976765)
Do you need your manager to tell you that closing zero sales in half a year is probably not great performance for a sales rep? I'm generally on her side here but this is a weak argument.
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Re:Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes vi... by laserlight on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:10AM (#38977732)
> Do you need your manager to tell you that closing zero sales in half a year is probably not great performance for a sales rep?

Yes, because every company has their own management strategy. Therefore, what is expected of sales reps, and employees in general, is different. If her manager can't communicate the company's management strategy and expectations, how could she align her work?

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Re:Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes vi... by op00to on Saturday January 13, 2024 @07:18AM (#38979302)
If your colleages are closing deals, and you're not, the company needs to find reps that do close deals.

I don't work for free, and I expect the sales people to go get money to pay me.

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