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  • Re: 353,000 new jobs

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Kurt Weiske on Saturday, February 10, 2024 16:29:32
    Re: Re: 353,000 new jobs
    By: Kurt Weiske to Mike Powell on Fri Feb 09 2024 06:47:00

    You might also ask him if those numbers include all of the announced tech layoffs that have come out in the past week or so. Amazon and Google are both letting a lot of folks go.

    It's not like they had very conservative hiring plans to begin with.
    Google going from 135,000 employees in 2020 to 182,000 in 2023 is
    agressive, laying off 1000 after that is a rounding error.

    Admittedly, that doesn't resonate well with the 1000 that were laid
    off.

    Getting involved when they are hiring like crazy doesn't necessarily bode well for your chances to stay. That said, I am sure it doesn't resonate too well with those folks or with some who've been laid off in the past.
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Mike Powell on Sunday, February 11, 2024 12:49:00
    Mike Powell wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    Getting involved when they are hiring like crazy doesn't necessarily
    bode well for your chances to stay.

    Layoffs are almost always influenced in part by personal issues. Don't fit
    the culture or are seen as underperforming and you're sure to be left
    into a layoff list.

    Manage up well, make some friends along the way, play the appearance
    game and you stand a much better chance of making it through a layoff.

    Reality sucks.




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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Kurt Weiske on Monday, February 12, 2024 07:21:02
    On 11 Feb 2024, Kurt Weiske said the following...

    Layoffs are almost always influenced in part by personal issues. Don't fit the culture or are seen as underperforming and you're sure to be
    left into a layoff list.

    Manage up well, make some friends along the way, play the appearance
    game and you stand a much better chance of making it through a layoff.

    Reality sucks.


    Mass layoff aren't... Always influenced by the economy...

    Reality sucks!

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