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You have a point. It also seems the job wouldn't have existed without someone willing to take the risk? I myself weigh risk in my decisions frequently. I am fu
by rizzom5000 4y ago
You have a point.
It also seems the job wouldn't have existed without someone willing to take the risk? I myself weigh risk in my decisions frequently. I am full aware that a layoff (or firing) is possible every time I accept a job. I'm also fully aware of what my employers obligations are to me. I'm not sure I've ever felt that my employer 'owed' me more than that. Maybe my life would be better if I did?
- Jochim 4y agoI think the thing that makes the recent layoffs so controversial is their context. Layoffs on this scale are understandable, maybe even justifiable, in the case of a 2008 style market crash. Layoffs on this scale do not feel understandable or justifiable given that many of the companies are extremely profitable, were hiring during, and have continued to hire afterwards. Add to that the prevalence of stock buybacks and the sheer scale of recent hiring and the question becomes why should the employees be the ones to feel the consequence of this behaviour? The often billionaire CEO tearing up over how hard it was for him to fire thousands of people but "is using it as an opportunity to take responsibility for his mistakes" is simply the cherry on the cake.