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296| How to Read the Room: Company Health, Layoffs, and Budget Signals
Building on yesterday's episode about the best time of year to ask, Nichole zooms in from the calendar to what's actually happening inside your company, and how to adjust your ask based on what you see.
In this episode:
Why the mood of the room matters even in the right month
How to read company health: what leadership is saying and not saying, whether updates are getting vague, whether projects are moving or paused, and whether the team is growing, steady, or shrinking
A direct look at layoffs, especially around the holidays, and what they can signal: tight budgets and stretched managers…
The skinny
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