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I know the feeling. A few months ago I randomly got a video call from my boss. Both he and the owner of the company were in the line. They let me know that they unfortunately had to let go of almost everyone on the dev team. Some funding had fell through (gotta love startups). Fortunately, I got to keep my job that day, but I can’t shake the feeling that another layoff is right around the corner.
Perhaps the head of the corporation that abuses you should be the one that lives in fear.
I work in IT. We get notified when people leave.
The cruelest thing in my company is when we get to know before the person in question…
Just hit 5 months with no work. It’s been tough
Just hit 5 months with 3 works. It’s been tough.
Edit: not trying to mock your suffering comrade. The point was that no matter what happens while we live a capitalist way of life, the working class will suffer.
I went one year and six months. It was bad. I’m wishing you the best.
While WFH is amazing, your colleagues just going poof and never knowing what happened to them is a big downside.
The randomly fired 2 people on my team one morning. I think we’re doing the evil shit Amazon does with stack ranking. It’s so toxic. Fuck this place, you only get the bare minimum now. Anyone know of any software engineering unions?
I think someone mentioned CWA (Communication Workers of America) in another thread? Assuming you’re American which on Lemmy is statistically likely.
Why this expression? This guy just needs to spent a year homeless on the beach or so, if being fired: https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-deering-playstation-sony-laid-off-staff-beach-uber-2024-9 It definitely isn’t greed on side of the CEO who earns millions for nothing while so many get fired, right? RIGHT?
I do this exact same expression when I’m forced to gain knowledge of something potentially personally catastrophic…
You just captured the daily life of a UK academic after the catastrophically low recruitment numbers this year.
I live in a constant state of fear and misery
Do ya miss me anymore?
Glad someone noticed
My dad has been a server engineer for a single company for my entire life and he lived like this up until quite recently. His fear oscillates in magnitude with the success of the industry the company is a part of course so it isn’t always severe but I remember every few years as a kid I’d hear him and my mother murmering about lay offs. These days he just jokes about it being an early retirement
Yeah this post hit me different than was probably the intent. I’ve been expecting to get laid off for the past 6 months ago, initially it was fear, eventually it was desire. Didn’t happen though and I’ve since found a new job, but I would have welcomed it if it did.
thank you for your input, sharkfucker420
rimjobsteve?
Sharkfucker420 just knows what’s up.
I got canned from my last job and thr way I found out was my work Gmail was locked out, fuckin class acts them.
Getting fired from my current gig would be a relief tbh.
Im at a perfect equilibrium of indifference for being laid off. Some jobs suck.
same here
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it
Anyone else see the back of the chair as the person’s hair in the first two panels?
Yes, it wasn’t until the third panel did I notice the arms of the chair and suddenly the person was bald
Could still be hair!
I haven’t been laid off since April. I haven’t had a job since then though, so that’s not exactly ideal.
I got my best IT Job off of Craigs list so don’t count out that option.
Same
