@RolopIsHere
I spent 7 months training 4 engineers in India to "help me", in the one on one meeting with my manager I told him I was afraid I was training my replacements, and he told me "don't worry no one is getting replaced"... 2 months after that conversation my manager got laid off and replaced by a manager in India, and I got the notice that I will be let go in 6 months. I had 4 rounds of interviews at Amazon and they offered me a very low salary, I accepted it but I am looking for something I don't want to work for amazon, they are soul crushers. The dude that interview me, said he was 30 years old and he looked close to 60.
@dsinghr
Laid off guys are living off their wives salary and raising kids at home while saving on day care cost. They sold their luxury vehicles for cheap used Toyotas and cancelled all future holidays and travel. In some cases, they have to sell their house for a loss and moved to smaller apartments.
@elsah3339
Lots of words for just, "Where have all the laid off workers gone?!" Then at the end, "We don't know, tell us in the comments!"
@macverishe3480
I figured out after years of being in tech and would be considered "old", is that these people that run these companies are trend followers and have little to no original ideas or innovation, they just chase what others are doing and they make a ton of horrible decisions and are never held accountable for those terrible decisions, the problem is with the system as a whole, companies have way to much power over the employee, so of course they are going to abuse it.
@ferslash82
I was laid off 5 times in the last 2 years. The tech market is dead now.
@JustD0ntD0it-Y
the indian's CEO ( google, microsoft, ...) sending jobs home
@kyokushinfighter78
When Elon cut 80% of the tech workers in Twitter, and things were going fine, if not better, then I knew that this industry had been over.
@denniszenanywhere
My father who's an OG programmer recounted to me his experience working for a big company decades before. They were 300 then 80 then 3. He said what he realized back in the days is that programmers make themselves obsolete for this type of job. That is the nature of the job -- the way companies see programmers like him.
@ludwikd
It's insane, for a help desk position they have 100 candidates fighting for it lol...the system is broken.
@jaehparrk
era of software jobs is over. skilled physical jobs involving aerospace, ocean, outer space, drilling, mining, and skyscraper construction are growing ultra fast
@peternorthrup6274
Now retired I've been through 4 plant shut downs. I was highly skilled labor. Each time I had a new job in a matter of days. Each time we had to move to another state. I never trusted anyone. Always, always live within your means. Be prepared to be canned at anytime. Do the best you can your reputation is everything. Nothing lasts forever. Work hard and get out early. Have fun.
@tobindrake2767
I worked for Microsoft and got laid off. Zero prospects for anywhere near the same salary. The only saving grace I had was Microsoft acquired the company I was working at before so I got a huge pay-off when that happened and Microsoft had to employ me for 5 years. As soon as that term ended that was it. I still send out the industrial LinkedIn resumes for every job available, but that is going nowhere fast. However, since the pay-off from my former employer being bought by Microsoft was so large, my passive income off my investments is actually higher than my salary at Microsoft was so I really don't care if I ever find another job in the field again.
@ifeoluwaadeoye6557
"Congratulations! You have been promoted to customer!!". You know what happens when every other company promotes their workers? No one has any money to buy your shit.
@NothingHere-i8f
The same thing is happening to accountants. Companies are hiring CPA-ready accountants abroad and certifying their work here in the US. Life sucks for Americans right now.
@ji-wonseong1623
Where are we going? We're either forced to scramble for low wage jobs, work multiple mediocre jobs, or move back in with our families (if we even have that luxury).
@theeamazingkrabb5358
You have to become your own boss and start you own business. Not easy, but that is the future.
@fruitypebblez4309
If i could go back 20 yrs and graduate high school again, with the knowledge i have now, i would become a dentist.
@Kenone1988
STOP training your replacements in india.
@kevinforshey9259
I got laid off and now I can't even get a fast food job, I can't make it past the 3rd interview because I don't have a PHD or something like that. So since it's pointless to even try to get a job anymore I'm working on a startup pretty much full time..
@DecisionForest