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A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work

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1041 points mertbio | 7 comments | 27 Jan 25 08:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.513s | source | bottom
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MeruMeru ◴[27 Jan 25 09:58 UTC] No.42839285[source]▶
Strongly agree with the author. I was laid off two years ago, and I am experiencing the same feelings he is describing: I no longer want to give my 100%, I no longer overcommit. I do the minimum required and feel emotionally detached from the company and my colleagues.

It's a waste that so many individual contributors who, as the author said, had good performance and were close to the users went through a laid off. Now a new generation of previously high achievers work force will get back in the market and no longer use all their potential for their job. Like it wasn't the fault of the new company that hired me, that now I do the bare minimum, they won't see the full potential I gave before. And I, I cannot prevent it. My work ethics and motivation died after the lay off.

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1. qwe----3 ◴[27 Jan 25 11:14 UTC] No.42839773[source]▶
Well, if this generation is all like you then they’ll be replaced by the next generation of hungry graduates
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2. n_ary ◴[27 Jan 25 11:19 UTC] No.42839818[source]▶
Hmm… not really, bars are high, no one is hiring fresh graduates anymore, and new generation is more detached with better sense of real world and focus on work-life balance and more personal growth, unlike previous generation who usually tied their identity to their work and gave their 500% for peanuts and glory(always fake and meaningless).
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3. drawkward ◴[27 Jan 25 13:02 UTC] No.42840683[source]▶
Eh, the kiddos seem to be realizing that the rat race is, after all, for rats.
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4. elzbardico ◴[27 Jan 25 13:55 UTC] No.42841175[source]▶
The kids are way smarter than that.
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5. qwe----3 ◴[30 Jan 25 08:51 UTC] No.42876133[source]▶
You guys are detached from reality, go talk to computer science students… internship applications aren’t going down
6. qwe----3 ◴[30 Jan 25 08:52 UTC] No.42876136[source]▶
They are smart enough to want jobs that pay hundreds of thousands for interesting work?
7. qwe----3 ◴[30 Jan 25 08:53 UTC] No.42876144[source]▶
You won’t be able to find data to support your huge generalizations