Private Sector Layoffs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s been scary but, yes, getting scarier. What’s hard to articulate properly (and get over) is the huge disconnect between the many who are out of work and those who are going about their day, largely unaffected with a regular salary in their pocket. Let’s all increase our empathy during this time, right? Help anyone who reaches out to you for help to get a job, volunteer at food banks, everyone humble ourselves.

This is the United States. We are not in a collectivist culture. Your last two sentences come across as condescending because they clash with norms in an individualistic society and lean toward a more collectivist mindset. In individualistic cultures, people value personal autonomy and the freedom to make their own choices without being told how to feel or behave. Phrases like “Let’s all increase our empathy” and instructions to help job seekers, volunteer, or “humble ourselves” sound like moral directives aimed at the entire group. That kind of framing assumes a shared obligation to act and feel a certain way, which is characteristic of collectivist cultures where group responsibility and social harmony are emphasized. In the U.S. though, such statements can feel intrusive or moralizing, as if you are positioning yourself as having superior insight into what everyone else should be doing.

Your response is so weird. It’s giving AI.

I guess this is your opinion? And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m imagining it but it seems like private sector layoffs are skyrocketing. Today it was Verizon 15,000 jobs and some tech company Synopsys cutting 10% of its workforce and it seems like a new announcement every day. What is going on? It can’t just be AI and this has been happening when stock prices are at all time highs (other than today of course). It’s getting scary out there.

You are not imagining it

Project 2025 told you it would happen

And it’s going to get way worse

Why does someone comment this in response to every post. Please keep politics stuff to the appropriate forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The tech oligarchs don’t believe all men are equal or human rights. They literally think some people are better than others, and they are the betters and deserve more. So they are taking more and pushing towards feudalism with all of us former white collar workers picking food in the field. Or dead. They don’t care, because we don’t matter to them.

Aren’t a ton of ‘tech’ people out of work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of work since April and 100% can’t find anything. It’s awful.

What is your field?

[Anonymous]

My husband was laid off last year and it was a horrific life altering experience. It took him 10 months to find a new job which was a huge paycut (he couldnt negotiate bc he was unemployed and bc of the state of things). I had to resign from a job that was secure and that I loved, to get a job with higher pay to make up some of the difference from his paycut. We will be feeling the effects from that layoff for a long time financially and mentally. I have a whole new perspective of things and sadly I now live in a constant state of fight or flight and not feeling settled, wondering when the next layoff will be and which one of us it will be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband was laid off last year and it was a horrific life altering experience. It took him 10 months to find a new job which was a huge paycut (he couldnt negotiate bc he was unemployed and bc of the state of things). I had to resign from a job that was secure and that I loved, to get a job with higher pay to make up some of the difference from his paycut. We will be feeling the effects from that layoff for a long time financially and mentally. I have a whole new perspective of things and sadly I now live in a constant state of fight or flight and not feeling settled, wondering when the next layoff will be and which one of us it will be.

I'm really sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The tech oligarchs don’t believe all men are equal or human rights. They literally think some people are better than others, and they are the betters and deserve more. So they are taking more and pushing towards feudalism with all of us former white collar workers picking food in the field. Or dead. They don’t care, because we don’t matter to them.

Aren’t a ton of ‘tech’ people out of work?

They hate paying for staff tech even more — the last decade saw them pushing for higher salaries and making political demands of the companies. Only founders and c-level should have those powers, because they had the intellectual and courage that earned it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband was laid off last year and it was a horrific life altering experience. It took him 10 months to find a new job which was a huge paycut (he couldnt negotiate bc he was unemployed and bc of the state of things). I had to resign from a job that was secure and that I loved, to get a job with higher pay to make up some of the difference from his paycut. We will be feeling the effects from that layoff for a long time financially and mentally. I have a whole new perspective of things and sadly I now live in a constant state of fight or flight and not feeling settled, wondering when the next layoff will be and which one of us it will be.

I’m sorry. So awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The tech oligarchs don’t believe all men are equal or human rights. They literally think some people are better than others, and they are the betters and deserve more. So they are taking more and pushing towards feudalism with all of us former white collar workers picking food in the field. Or dead. They don’t care, because we don’t matter to them.

This isn't a joke. Before the election this site always has mouthpieces for the rwnjs here trying to normalize their new world order. We suddenly had a lot of posts with posters praising jobs at Walmart and the like and exaggerating the pay they offer. They were exaggerating salaries to a ridiculous extent. They were trying to make low level retail jobs palatable to the white collar workers who they knew were going to lose their jobs. Most of these idiots live in bfe lcol areas and have no clue what it's like to live in an area like this. They don't care how they destroy peoples lives. It's easier to control people who are poor. This is also why they want everyone married at a younger age. They want us all in the shackles of poverty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s been scary but, yes, getting scarier. What’s hard to articulate properly (and get over) is the huge disconnect between the many who are out of work and those who are going about their day, largely unaffected with a regular salary in their pocket. Let’s all increase our empathy during this time, right? Help anyone who reaches out to you for help to get a job, volunteer at food banks, everyone humble ourselves.

This is the United States. We are not in a collectivist culture. Your last two sentences come across as condescending because they clash with norms in an individualistic society and lean toward a more collectivist mindset. In individualistic cultures, people value personal autonomy and the freedom to make their own choices without being told how to feel or behave. Phrases like “Let’s all increase our empathy” and instructions to help job seekers, volunteer, or “humble ourselves” sound like moral directives aimed at the entire group. That kind of framing assumes a shared obligation to act and feel a certain way, which is characteristic of collectivist cultures where group responsibility and social harmony are emphasized. In the U.S. though, such statements can feel intrusive or moralizing, as if you are positioning yourself as having superior insight into what everyone else should be doing.

Thanks for the AI slop, douchey.

[Anonymous]

It's horrible. My husband was laid off in September, he has networked consistently (many of his contacts are currently laying off workers), keeps applying to anything even remotely reasonable and keeps hitting dead ends. He's an awesome guy and great at what he does (software developer) but he's an introvert and the interview process really rattles his nerves. They keep picking the other guy after multiple interviews rounds.

We were doing so well and had built up a nice nest egg for ourselves with dreams of an early-ish retirement, maybe 6-8 more years for him at his previous salary. Our kids are still young and our retirement plans are disappearing before our eyes each month that goes by. I scrambled to get a new job with better benefits and better pay but I'm still grieving the dream job I had to leave. I feel terrible for him and everyday I hope that a job offer with finally materialize but he's barely even getting interviews at this point. We're both mentally and physically exhausted and it sucks to go into the holidays this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's horrible. My husband was laid off in September, he has networked consistently (many of his contacts are currently laying off workers), keeps applying to anything even remotely reasonable and keeps hitting dead ends. He's an awesome guy and great at what he does (software developer) but he's an introvert and the interview process really rattles his nerves. They keep picking the other guy after multiple interviews rounds.

We were doing so well and had built up a nice nest egg for ourselves with dreams of an early-ish retirement, maybe 6-8 more years for him at his previous salary. Our kids are still young and our retirement plans are disappearing before our eyes each month that goes by. I scrambled to get a new job with better benefits and better pay but I'm still grieving the dream job I had to leave. I feel terrible for him and everyday I hope that a job offer with finally materialize but he's barely even getting interviews at this point. We're both mentally and physically exhausted and it sucks to go into the holidays this way.

Yes, it is horrible. At least twenty of my software developer colleagues and former colleagues, who made at least 250K per year, were laid off in the past eighteen months, and are still struggling to get jobs that even pay 150K per year. The vast majority of them are 40+, and have been out of work for at least eleven months. The job market is so bad, and if you're 40+, it is very difficult if not almost possible to land a software developer job these days. I am still working but I am waiting for the other shoes to drop anytime now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's horrible. My husband was laid off in September, he has networked consistently (many of his contacts are currently laying off workers), keeps applying to anything even remotely reasonable and keeps hitting dead ends. He's an awesome guy and great at what he does (software developer) but he's an introvert and the interview process really rattles his nerves. They keep picking the other guy after multiple interviews rounds.

We were doing so well and had built up a nice nest egg for ourselves with dreams of an early-ish retirement, maybe 6-8 more years for him at his previous salary. Our kids are still young and our retirement plans are disappearing before our eyes each month that goes by. I scrambled to get a new job with better benefits and better pay but I'm still grieving the dream job I had to leave. I feel terrible for him and everyday I hope that a job offer with finally materialize but he's barely even getting interviews at this point. We're both mentally and physically exhausted and it sucks to go into the holidays this way.

Yes, it is horrible. At least twenty of my software developer colleagues and former colleagues, who made at least 250K per year, were laid off in the past eighteen months, and are still struggling to get jobs that even pay 150K per year. The vast majority of them are 40+, and have been out of work for at least eleven months. The job market is so bad, and if you're 40+, it is very difficult if not almost possible to land a software developer job these days. I am still working but I am waiting for the other shoes to drop anytime now.

They should get jobs for the government, like working at NIST or NASA, at 40+ they should be millionaires already or they aren’t cut out for tech. Too bad gov is a cluster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's horrible. My husband was laid off in September, he has networked consistently (many of his contacts are currently laying off workers), keeps applying to anything even remotely reasonable and keeps hitting dead ends. He's an awesome guy and great at what he does (software developer) but he's an introvert and the interview process really rattles his nerves. They keep picking the other guy after multiple interviews rounds.

We were doing so well and had built up a nice nest egg for ourselves with dreams of an early-ish retirement, maybe 6-8 more years for him at his previous salary. Our kids are still young and our retirement plans are disappearing before our eyes each month that goes by. I scrambled to get a new job with better benefits and better pay but I'm still grieving the dream job I had to leave. I feel terrible for him and everyday I hope that a job offer with finally materialize but he's barely even getting interviews at this point. We're both mentally and physically exhausted and it sucks to go into the holidays this way.

Yes, it is horrible. At least twenty of my software developer colleagues and former colleagues, who made at least 250K per year, were laid off in the past eighteen months, and are still struggling to get jobs that even pay 150K per year. The vast majority of them are 40+, and have been out of work for at least eleven months. The job market is so bad, and if you're 40+, it is very difficult if not almost possible to land a software developer job these days. I am still working but I am waiting for the other shoes to drop anytime now.

They should get jobs for the government, like working at NIST or NASA, at 40+ they should be millionaires already or they aren’t cut out for tech. Too bad gov is a cluster.

Where do people get this stuff from? Tech in the DC area isn't paying SV salaries. 250k/year trying to raise a family isn't going to make you wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The tech oligarchs don’t believe all men are equal or human rights. They literally think some people are better than others, and they are the betters and deserve more. So they are taking more and pushing towards feudalism with all of us former white collar workers picking food in the field. Or dead. They don’t care, because we don’t matter to them.

This isn't a joke. Before the election this site always has mouthpieces for the rwnjs here trying to normalize their new world order. We suddenly had a lot of posts with posters praising jobs at Walmart and the like and exaggerating the pay they offer. They were exaggerating salaries to a ridiculous extent. They were trying to make low level retail jobs palatable to the white collar workers who they knew were going to lose their jobs. Most of these idiots live in bfe lcol areas and have no clue what it's like to live in an area like this. They don't care how they destroy peoples lives. It's easier to control people who are poor. This is also why they want everyone married at a younger age. They want us all in the shackles of poverty.

I am also baffled by those suggesting white-collar workers go work for WalMart or Starbucks. Most of those workers rely on Medicaid, SNAP and/or free school lunches for their kids. It's like they want all workers to live paycheck to paycheck.