Laid Off & Manager Ghosted Me (tech)
tldr;
Is it normal for you, as a manager, to completely cease communication with your direct report after you give them notice of their layoff?
This happened to me last week and I'd like to share my *real* experience as someone who spent 10+ years in tech. My job title is "Administrative Business Partner" in support of "Site Reliability Engineering" at the top Tech Company that just reached a Trillion dollar value.
Thursday afternoon my direct manager added a 1/1 on calendar which was out of the ordinary. I joined the call @ 2:00 and by the time it was 2:10pm I was laid off. He told me a loose timeline (the following week) and to look out for an email from HR. He told me he doesn't expect me to work or support him from here on out... And to take a few days off or whatever I need to do following this notice..
I haven't heard from him once. Not one chat. Not one email. Nothing about next steps. I never heard from my other director I support..I didnt hear anything directly from leadership until the Monday afternoon following his meeting (Thursday). I had to email the leadership asking for my official letter after the timeline he originally told me. I have every reason to believe it's just been sitting in his inbox waiting for action by him.
Is this normal behavior?? I feel like a ghost to my colleagues or like I'm diseased...