Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

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Most of the huge corporations have attorneys on staff. The only person it'll get expensive for is the employees trying to sue.

A bunch of companies have been doing the exact same thing. The one I left did the same thing even for employees that had been remote employees years before Covid. Required everyone within 100 miles of any of the offices to have to come in 3 days a week. And those that were remote and lived nowhere near an office were pressured to move closer to one.

My close friend had two babies during the time away from office and had been told she wouldn't have to come back into the office. She was forced back too. She ended up quitting because child care would cost too much money as did plenty of others.

Most dudes don’t understand these corps have 1 entire building full of legal and an additional building full of accountants to make sure they find loopholes to save money and defend against lawsuits

 

[threattonature]

It actually is. Take a week off from work and spend that time figuring it out. People don’t do it because they don’t have time. I told my wife she needs to get other streams of income. She added two..,early stages but the money is coming in.

Do not rely on these soulless CEOs. The cats out the bag..lay-offs are a la mode even when they’re not warranted, companies aren’t doing them because they are rewarded (stock market)

So what kind of side streams of income are you talking about?

 

[MikelArteta]

Most of the huge corporations have attorneys on staff. The only person it'll get expensive for is the employees trying to sue.

A bunch of companies have been doing the exact same thing. The one I left did the same thing even for employees that had been remote employees years before Covid. Required everyone within 100 miles of any of the offices to have to come in 3 days a week. And those that were remote and lived nowhere near an office were pressured to move closer to one.

My close friend had two babies during the time away from office and had been told she wouldn't have to come back into the office. She was forced back too. She ended up quitting because child care would cost too much money as did plenty of others.

hope they fail

 

[dtownreppin214]

What does he do besides lay people off?

Apparently he is despised inside Google. Very cutthroat. Pushed for much stricter evaluation standards at the last minute last quarter which setup for many of the layoffs being for cause.

 

[Batsute]

Bruh Indians make up 60-70 of this and communicating with them hell.


I can only understand what they are saying half of time and even transcribing is fukkin lost.

 

[JT-Money]

Most of the huge corporations have attorneys on staff. The only person it'll get expensive for is the employees trying to sue.

A bunch of companies have been doing the exact same thing. The one I left did the same thing even for employees that had been remote employees years before Covid. Required everyone within 100 miles of any of the offices to have to come in 3 days a week. And those that were remote and lived nowhere near an office were pressured to move closer to one.

My close friend had two babies during the time away from office and had been told she wouldn't have to come back into the office. She was forced back too. She ended up quitting because child care would cost too much money as did plenty of others.

The key is getting enough people to file lawsuits at the same time. IBM ended up settling out of court with bunch of older workers over age discrimination. Because a ton of workers sued and they eventually figured out it would be cheaper to settle most of them.

I'm petty enough to do something like this out of spite alone and wouldn't care if I lost money.

IBM prepares to settle more age discrimination claims

While accused of already breaking terms of an earlier deal

www.theregister.com

IBM is preparing to settle yet more age discrimination and wage theft complaints against the IT giant, though in one instance where it has already done so, Big Blue is accused of failing to comply with the terms of its settlement agreement.

Back in 2018, IBM was in the headlines, accused of deliberately trying to get rid of older workers and replace them with younger Millennials.

 

[godliness]

They got fully remote help desk gigs?!

Either way good luck breh, you got this

Thanks Breh, yeah alot of start ups and small software companies are fully remote for the most part, save for a small satellite office.


Interview 2 done. I overall performed better this time around, this interview was with the head technician. I feel confident that she enjoyed talking with me. I'll find out later this week their decision.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Couldnt survive the layoff bloodbath last year and a medical emergency took me out for the start of 2024 and I missed out on a job.

Sucks but hopefully I bounce back soon

 

[Forsaken]

Left the "tech" industry a while (years) ago.

Been better off for it.

The goal should be self-employed.

Otherwise you're getting taken advantage of.

The goal should be to have an emergency fund.


Tech pays well. If you live below your means for awhile you can save a lot of money. My current surplus is .

 

[#1 pick]

Like it's that easy breh. Most businesses fail and most poeple don't have the capital to even start a business.

Never said it was easy or even close. Nothing worth a damn is easy

 

[MikelArteta]

The goal should be to have an emergency fund.


Tech pays well. If you live below your means for awhile you can save a lot of money. My current surplus is .

don't store up your treasures

 

[JLova]

95% of people do breh,

It’s not that high.

 

[JLova]

The goal should be to have an emergency fund.


Tech pays well. If you live below your means for awhile you can save a lot of money. My current surplus is .

In the US. Not so in Canada. It pays well, but not as good as the Us. A lot of tech folk making peanuts.

So it’s a double whammy. You make peanuts and work in an industry that treats layoffs like putting on their socks.

 

[Forsaken]

In the US. Not so in Canada. It pays well, but not as good as the Us. A lot of tech folk making peanuts.

So it’s a double whammy. You make peanuts and work in an industry that treats layoffs like putting on their socks.

There are plenty of jobs in the US paying peanuts, I had a few. The game is to learn skills that are in demand. Have to be constantly pivoting since certain areas get saturated.

don't store up your treasures

That pay check to pay check life is too stressful for me.

 

[Gritsngravy]

Never said it was easy or even close. Nothing worth a damn is easy

But let’s keep it real though, you saying for people to not only spend majority of they time at a six figure job but also use extra time and money(money people really can’t afford to lose for real) to gamble on a business that will eventually bring in profits of 500,000

So people can live comfortably?

I mean this is nice advice in a vacuum but with the context of the lives we live in America people shouldn’t have to bend over backwards to live