[qnt5]

I'm so sorry. I have so much sympathy.

I worked at Goldman Sachs for 13+ years. I was laid off in the January cull. I've always been a top or near-top performer. I had to take a few months off because my wife got breast cancer and my father had a cardiac arrest that left him unable to care for himself. I was advised by the "Wellness" people to not communicate my reason for FMLA/MLOA. As soon as I heard major layoffs were coming, I knew I'd be selected. Literally every person I've seen take a medical or family leave (aside from maternity, ironically) has been laid off/fired at the next possible opportunity. There are class action implications without question, if it could be organized.

[bb88]

Yeah, this sucks -- considering everything. I would like to see metrics on this.

Like the chance if you take FMLA/MLOA, your odds of getting "laid off" during the next round of layoffs. Particularly at GS.