• Soup@lemmy.world
      29·
      2 months ago

      “Why are my employees not respecting me? Why are they unproductive?”

      “Maybe treat them with a modicum of respect?”

      “Must be something in the water.”

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
    57·
    2 months ago

    Don’t wait for a layoff, start organizing a union for that juicy ‘represented’ employment status (as opposed to at-will). Unions can’t stop layoffs, but they can minimize the impact, negotiate a higher severance, and provide advanced notice. I highly recommend the good folks at CODE-CWA, they specialize in organizing tech workers

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    352·
    2 months ago

    My dad has been a server engineer for a single company for my entire life and he lived like this up until quite recently. His fear oscillates in magnitude with the success of the industry the company is a part of course so it isn’t always severe but I remember every few years as a kid I’d hear him and my mother murmering about lay offs. These days he just jokes about it being an early retirement

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
    241·
    2 months ago

    My company has a 6 month probation period. It also has a 6 month password expiry. Because of all the SSO nonsense, it’s quite possible for it to lapse without warning.

    It’s now a running joke that get locked out on the last day of probation, and you’re expecting a call from HR any minute.

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml
    18·
    2 months ago

    I got canned from my last job and thr way I found out was my work Gmail was locked out, fuckin class acts them.

    Getting fired from my current gig would be a relief tbh.

  • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    Upside: not fired.

    Downside: have to do work.

    Upside: make money

    Downside: not enough money

  • essteeyou@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    I haven’t been laid off since April. I haven’t had a job since then though, so that’s not exactly ideal.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Just hit 5 months with 3 works. It’s been tough.

      Edit: not trying to mock your suffering comrade. The point was that no matter what happens while we live a capitalist way of life, the working class will suffer.

    • EnderMB@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Out of interest, what do you do and where are you based? It’s a shitty place to work, but if you’re near an Amazon office and you do Amazony things I’m happy to send a reference your way.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    You just captured the daily life of a UK academic after the catastrophically low recruitment numbers this year.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    2 months ago

    Don’t let that fear cow you into accepting marginal raises or career stagnation (assuming you’re not happy at your current level). Severance (outside the US) is usually generous enough to skate into your next opportunity and, tbh, working in constant fear is fucking awful for your mental health.

    • Meltrax@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Ah but I love in the US, so I’ll just continue in constant fear. On the bright side, those marginal raises go towards the hilariously high cost of therapy.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    At my last job, every time they added or removed someone’s key card access, the system would reboot and everyone would be locked out for like two minutes.

    We also had two floors that were connected by a fire stairwell, so you needed a card to re-enter the next floor.

    At least twice my card stopped working in the middle of the word day while I was standing in the stairwell and I assumed that they just fired me and assumed I’d see my own way out.

    Survived three layoffs at that company.

    • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Way too stressful. I worked at a company that was bought by a hedge fund and they were always downsizing, even if it was key employees. It made me under perform and caused insomnia that I never quite got over and it was 11 years ago.

  • KrankyKong@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    I know the feeling. A few months ago I randomly got a video call from my boss. Both he and the owner of the company were in the line. They let me know that they unfortunately had to let go of almost everyone on the dev team. Some funding had fell through (gotta love startups). Fortunately, I got to keep my job that day, but I can’t shake the feeling that another layoff is right around the corner.