I would literally be homeless before I went back to a company that fired me to replace me with AI, then asked me to come back.

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ryan_n 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or maybe people just have bills to pay and/or want to support their families. A little critical thinking and empathy goes a long way...

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riazrizvi 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When you first lose everything, in the process you end up having to pawn expensive principles like that, so when other things like this happen, it's easy to seize the opportunity.

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azan_ 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Were you ever homeless and starving?

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mattbettinson 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I doubt it :)

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deadbabe 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How about if they doubled your previous salary?

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Tade0 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess the crux of the issue is that there's no guarantee that the company would not find a different, equally harebrained, reason to lay GP off.

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fred_is_fred 4 hours ago | parent [-]

There's no guarantee in any job that you won't be laid off.

	▲	Tade0 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		True, but if you already know that a given company tends to fire on a whim, you'd be excused to feel a little bit distrustful.

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jayd16 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For how long?

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bigstrat2003 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I wouldn't go back, regardless of salary offer, unless I didn't have any other jobs lined up. If I'm not employed than any job (even a bad one) beats being unemployed. But if I was employed, I wouldn't go back to a job where they laid me off for stupid reasons, no matter how much money they offered.

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McGlockenshire 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As a homeless person, do not wish homelessness on yourself.

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xienze 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Doesn't seem bad to me. Come back for a pay bump and get paid while you search for a new job.