I’m sick of being laidoff. Got laid off again today, second time in 4 years in a big corporate layoff. Seems I can’t ever find any respite these days. No matter how hard I work or how much I put in, just bound to be laid off and even though I’ve been recognized officially through merit repeatedly, these companies here in the USA just keep laying people off And then passing all the jobs on to India for 3K a year salary…

So disheartening. At this rate I might as well just retire from White collar work and go and learn a trade as a tradesman, completely redo my entire life goals

  • dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yep. They’ll demand loyalty from you, but not return it. The second a new CEO arrives, they’ll want to show improvements on the bottom line. Fastest way to “save” money is to sack some people.

    Unless you’re in sales, you are a line item in a cost centre. Your salary is a dollar value they can save if they get rid of you.

    HR exists to protect the org, not the individual people in it.

    If you’re looking for loyalty, get a dog.