“About a third of the company was laid off in the prior year due to “performance issues” despite being some of the smartest people I’ve worked with.”

My manager made me feel like it was a performance problem but never gave me actionable feedback when I asked, just slowly stopped talking to me at all after four years of working together and prior stellar annual reviews. About a third of the company was laid off in the prior year due to “performance issues” despite being some of the smartest people I’ve worked with.