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| ▲ | toast0 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not really, no. I was underemployed for 6+ months at the start of my career, but it's easier to take whatever is available at that point. I did some data entry and then first tier ops desk restart the server when the light turns red stuff, before I got a "real job". Doing that mid career and keeping a good attitude would be difficult. But I would think 5 months paid time before you have to go on state unemployment is significantly better than the WARN act minimum of 60 days of notice or pay or the alternative of a campaign to raise attrition. Looks like recent google/meta layoffs are 4 months, so it's 25% better than that. I always thought I wanted to get a package, but I recognize that I would probably not have been happy if it happened. |
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| ▲ | darth_avocado 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Everyone is an atheist until the plane starts crashing. |
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| ▲ | mekael 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Don’t knock me for deciding “deathbed repentance” is a decent plan. /s Maybe it’s just my background, but I’m starting to feel that a lot of people in the tech industry have never learned empathy. | | |
| ▲ | veryemartguy 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | replace tech industry with hn and you’ll be spot on. | | |
| ▲ | Ancalagon 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | why not both? | | |
| ▲ | darth_avocado 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Most people in tech still think people who are getting laid off deserve it and that they themselves are immune to it. People won’t change until they experience it first hand. |
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| ▲ | akoboldfrying 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Being let go from a job sucks. So does being dumped from a relationship. You might not be able to find another relationship in 6+ months. But I don't think people would seriously propose that people should therefore not be able to leave a relationship. |
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| ▲ | veryemartguy 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | great analogy dude. Totally relevant. | | |
| ▲ | akoboldfrying 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks! A lot of people would focus on the many obvious differences, and use those to deflect attention from the important similarity I was highlighting: That they are both things that ought to exist only so long as both parties want them to. |
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