Workers hitting their KPIs still aren’t safe from performance-based layoffs—here’s how bosses find other ways to fire you anyway

Corporate worker is fired, leaves office with desk belongings. (Credit: SrdjanPav / Getty Images)

• Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs have based sweeping layoffs on employee performance, but career experts say workers aren’t in the clear for simply hitting their KPIs. In the end, bosses can find other ways to fire you—here’s how to pivot and prepare. 

Performance review season is fast approaching, and some employers are using the opportunity to make large workforce cuts. But even top-achieving employees aren’t safe from the chopping block.