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There is nothing wrong with layoffs. What is disappointing to me is that companies will do mass layoffs after posting immense profits. As a tech worker, the me

There is nothing wrong with layoffs. What is disappointing to me is that companies will do mass layoffs after posting immense profits. As a tech worker, the message I get is: you’re going to get fire eventually unconditional to you or your company’s performance. So I feel like my future is pretty much beyond my control.

quantified 2y ago
Yup. It is not in your control. That's OK. You're not in control of the ocean or river, or the weather, or the ground under your desk. You are often in control of the vessel you navigate them with. Navigate your people, skills and situations.
- Draiken 2y ago
  Companies are not oceans. Giving up and accepting abuse from these companies is definitely one way to deal with it, but I don't believe it's a good one.
  - mateus1 2y ago
    That does seem to be the prevalent thinking in corporate America. Busting unions and using the government to persecute labor leaders seems to have worked. “Companies are not charities” shouldn’t be an excuse to let them destroy the workforce.
  - quantified 2y ago
    Companies are companies. Oceans are oceans. Of course. It's a metaphor. Are you in control of your company's sales or corporate strategy? If so, are you in control of the markets they operate in? You are so not in control of your job. It just seems so based on some level of statis in the environment. What's your concrete advice here?
    - Draiken 2y ago
      We can't control the physics that controls oceans. But we can control regulations and laws in which corporations operate in. That's why IMO the metaphor is deeply flawed. As for advice, honestly, we all know it already. Voting, getting into unions, fighting for legislation, organizing your community/peers and even simpler acts like spreading knowledge that the status quot is not actually immutable. IMO anything other than accepting it without a fight is already a better option.
HDThoreaun 2y ago
Just gotta accept that some things are out of your control. Or go work for the profit center, employees in good standing working on ads at google werent laid off.

quantified 2y ago

Yup. It is not in your control. That's OK. You're not in control of the ocean or river, or the weather, or the ground under your desk. You are often in control of the vessel you navigate them with. Navigate your people, skills and situations.

Draiken 2y ago
Companies are not oceans. Giving up and accepting abuse from these companies is definitely one way to deal with it, but I don't believe it's a good one.
- mateus1 2y ago
  That does seem to be the prevalent thinking in corporate America. Busting unions and using the government to persecute labor leaders seems to have worked. “Companies are not charities” shouldn’t be an excuse to let them destroy the workforce.
- quantified 2y ago
  Companies are companies. Oceans are oceans. Of course. It's a metaphor. Are you in control of your company's sales or corporate strategy? If so, are you in control of the markets they operate in? You are so not in control of your job. It just seems so based on some level of statis in the environment. What's your concrete advice here?
  - Draiken 2y ago
    We can't control the physics that controls oceans. But we can control regulations and laws in which corporations operate in. That's why IMO the metaphor is deeply flawed. As for advice, honestly, we all know it already. Voting, getting into unions, fighting for legislation, organizing your community/peers and even simpler acts like spreading knowledge that the status quot is not actually immutable. IMO anything other than accepting it without a fight is already a better option.

HDThoreaun 2y ago

Just gotta accept that some things are out of your control. Or go work for the profit center, employees in good standing working on ads at google werent laid off.