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From my personal experience if you have a good personal relationship with your manager, when you want to leave the company they may told you there’s an unannoun

From my personal experience if you have a good personal relationship with your manager, when you want to leave the company they may told you there’s an unannounced layoff in months so you can wait until then. You get extra cash and they can meet the headcount reduction goal. Although it’s hard to know whether this is the case here \_(ツ)_/¯

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enos_feedler 4y ago
I actually saw a linkedin post where someone described this exact scenario as the context for them being chosen for layoffs. They were very senior so maybe this was the L9. I’ll never find the post
- xavdid 4y ago
  Side note: > I’ll never find the post This a big pet peeve of mine on linkedin and twitter - doesn't matter if I navigate away from the page for just a second; if the algorithm reshuffles my feed at all, there's a good chance I'll never see that post I was looking for again. It's a real bummer if I ever need to find anything. The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format, just in case I need to find anything.
  - prayashm 4y ago
    I have been facing the same! rewind.ai helped me retrieve it.
  - vineyardmike 4y ago
    > The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format I take screenshots of any content I find interesting. Effortless, even on mobile (where links suck), and usually enough context to search for it again. If I ever want it, its usually shortly after first seeing it, if not.. its lost in the endless pile of photos.
  - paganel 4y ago
    I used to bookmark some Twitter posts/links that I found interesting, but then I gave up even on that because then I'd have to navigate and search through an ever expanding list of bookmarks (not an easy task, also).
r00fus 4y ago
Sounds about right. A while back, during a merger, an enterprising colleague, when asked casually by the manager if what he'd do if he were laid off, said "I think I really like sailing" - the rest of us when asked said we'd probably just get another tech job. He got let go with a very nice severance package and immediately went full time consulting on (what I imagine) was a side gig for him before hand. Years later we met on another job and laughed reminiscing about it.

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enos_feedler 4y ago

I actually saw a linkedin post where someone described this exact scenario as the context for them being chosen for layoffs. They were very senior so maybe this was the L9. I’ll never find the post

xavdid 4y ago
Side note: > I’ll never find the post This a big pet peeve of mine on linkedin and twitter - doesn't matter if I navigate away from the page for just a second; if the algorithm reshuffles my feed at all, there's a good chance I'll never see that post I was looking for again. It's a real bummer if I ever need to find anything. The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format, just in case I need to find anything.
- prayashm 4y ago
  I have been facing the same! rewind.ai helped me retrieve it.
- vineyardmike 4y ago
  > The only solution I can think of is storing every link I come across in a searchable format I take screenshots of any content I find interesting. Effortless, even on mobile (where links suck), and usually enough context to search for it again. If I ever want it, its usually shortly after first seeing it, if not.. its lost in the endless pile of photos.
- paganel 4y ago
  I used to bookmark some Twitter posts/links that I found interesting, but then I gave up even on that because then I'd have to navigate and search through an ever expanding list of bookmarks (not an easy task, also).

r00fus 4y ago

Sounds about right. A while back, during a merger, an enterprising colleague, when asked casually by the manager if what he'd do if he were laid off, said "I think I really like sailing" - the rest of us when asked said we'd probably just get another tech job. He got let go with a very nice severance package and immediately went full time consulting on (what I imagine) was a side gig for him before hand. Years later we met on another job and laughed reminiscing about it.