Does 'high profile' matter? My layoff months ago closed an office locally (25 people laid off) in a country-wide effort affecting about 200 people. It wasn't in the news, there was no PR around the action. Further layoffs followed around the world, and still no news (publicly traded company - doesn't The Market love a layoff?) The former parent company (who had created the spinoff 9mos previously) wasn't aware (you'd expect networking between execs to maintain a grapevine, right?)
Interviewers were often incredulous. I feel like this was a factor in being declined an offer in a few cases.
Does 'high profile' matter? My layoff months ago closed an office locally (25 people laid off) in a country-wide effort affecting about 200 people. It wasn't in the news, there was no PR around the action. Further layoffs followed around the world, and still no news (publicly traded company - doesn't The Market love a layoff?) The former parent company (who had created the spinoff 9mos previously) wasn't aware (you'd expect networking between execs to maintain a grapevine, right?)
Interviewers were often incredulous. I feel like this was a factor in being declined an offer in a few cases.