• KrankyKong@lemmy.world
    2·
    24 minutes ago

    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.

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    1 hour ago

    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…

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      45 minutes ago

      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.

  • Hyphlosion@donphan.social
    14·
    6 hours ago

    While WFH is amazing, your colleagues just going poof and never knowing what happened to them is a big downside.

    • brlemworld@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 hours ago

      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?

      • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
        4·
        2 hours ago

        I think someone mentioned CWA (Communication Workers of America) in another thread? Assuming you’re American which on Lemmy is statistically likely.

  • JATth@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 hours ago

    I do this exact same expression when I’m forced to gain knowledge of something potentially personally catastrophic…

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 hours ago

    You just captured the daily life of a UK academic after the catastrophically low recruitment numbers this year.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    572·
    18 hours ago

    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

    • travysh@lemm.ee
      2·
      35 minutes ago

      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.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      47·
      19 hours ago

      “Why are my employees not respecting me? Why are they unproductive?”

      “Maybe treat them with a modicum of respect?”

      “Must be something in the water.”

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
    102·
    20 hours ago

    Don’t wait for a layoff, start organizing a union for that juicy ‘represented’ employment status (as opposed to at-will). Unions can’t stop layoffs, but they can minimize the impact, negotiate a higher severance, and provide advanced notice. I highly recommend the good folks at CODE-CWA, they specialize in organizing tech workers

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml
    36·
    18 hours ago

    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.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.world
    24·
    19 hours ago

    I haven’t been laid off since April. I haven’t had a job since then though, so that’s not exactly ideal.