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Sitting someone down and walking them through your own experience without judgement or expectation is always appreciated. I was laid off many times during the
by seanc 4y ago
Sitting someone down and walking them through your own experience without judgement or expectation is always appreciated.
I was laid off many times during the Optical Winter of 2001-2006 and developed a system for dealing with it. Handing someone the system and saying "You should do these things" is less helpful than telling the story of "The first time I got laid off I did a, b, c. The second time I had learned my lesson, and did less of a and more of c. The fourth time was different because blah blah blah"
- xwdv 4y agoOnly do this though if you are a peer or someone they can aspire to be. If you once got laid off but your life then went on a downward spiral and you never really recovered, just keep it to yourself. It’s not comforting.
- seanc 4y agoAh yes. True, good point. Early on I went to a support group for laid off employees, and many of them stood up to tell heartbreaking stories of emotional turmoil and bleak prospects. I walked out of there and never looked back. I had a young family and bills to pay. I didn't have time or energy to be someone else's pillar of strength.
- funklute 4y ago> the Optical Winter of 2001-2006 I have never heard of this, and google doesn't return anything useful... what does this refer to?
- ghaff 4y agoI've never heard that term but I assume it refers to the carnage around fiber/optical/etc. investments around that period. Companies like Cisco and Intel had massive writedowns for investments they made.