A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work

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lm28469 ◴[27 Jan 25 09:30 UTC] No.42839108[source]▶

That's what happened during my first job almost 10 years ago. "we're different than other companies, we're family", "business is always personal", yadda yadda

Then one day out of nowhere "hey btw we're not going to renew your contract, we're nice so we give you an extra 10 days of vacation don't bother coming back tomorrow, oh and all your accesses have been revoked". At least I got the reality check right away, some people get that way down the line when their whole persona has already been built around their job

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0xEF ◴[27 Jan 25 09:42 UTC] No.42839186[source]▶

>>42839108 #

I think one has some deeper issues to tackle if one is basing their whole persona around their job. This is not a healthy thing to do, regardless of layoffs.

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aziaziazi ◴[27 Jan 25 09:56 UTC] No.42839274[source]▶

>>42839186 #

I agree with the bad idea to put all your persona in a job.

At the same time One will have issues if his persona doesn’t really match with his (min)8h/day 5days/week activity.

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1. lm28469 ◴[27 Jan 25 10:09 UTC] No.42839374[source]▶

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It helps to find smallish but stable companies, making enough to be safe while not having crazy ambitions of 2x growth every xx months. It's much more relaxed, there is less office politics, churn rates are much lower, stress is non existent, &c. Usually they have older employees with families and a life outside of work.

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