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A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work

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1041 points mertbio | 1 comments | 27 Jan 25 08:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | source
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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we're nice so we give you an extra 10 days of vacation don't bother coming back tomorrow, oh and all your accesses have been revoked".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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1. Tade0 ◴[27 Jan 25 17:58 UTC] No.42843798[source]▶
Mine was before my career started in earnest as I took a job during one of the summer breaks in college, worked 10-11h a day with a commute of 3h in total on top of that without even having a contract on paper only for my employer to first suggest I work for minimum wage and then not pay me at all after the first month.

Naturally, I walked, but to this day I can't believe how naive/stupid I was back then.