A few more checklist items to consider during Enterprise IT Layoffs or reductions:
With ad-hoc teams and concentrating responsibilities, do all the managers affected know when someone is no longer available? (In geographies without good infrastructure for Internet and telecom this is its own problem.)
Some legal and regulatory processes (like those with the EPA, SEC, FDA, EU Secretariats, etc) often have specific people (and backup procedures) in contact with agencies or authorities. Who will tell those outside folks who they should contact now? (As the Department of Defense has designated some industrial capacity as essential – and individual enterprises have sometimes contested this with local authorities.)
Legal and regulatory roles must be maintained. These include Audit controls, HR contact points, safety officers, and multi-person authorizations
Past experience has shown that some reductions will affect specific roles and their designated backups. Plan for losing more depth of staff than a core member and their backup.
Outsourced work (business process outsourcing, staff augmentation, staff in other domiciles) also means that reductions might not be obvious (remote locations) or desired (support call centers in other places) – but the outsource functions might suffer even greater losses.
Business processes have to continue that affect outsource resources. Who approves timesheets? Who approves invoices? Who processes payments? Who approves changes in roles/staff changes? For all of these- How to do this when people are remote?
Enterprise IT, and others, must prepare for these cases TODAY!
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