Layoff anxiety burned me the fuck out years ago. Been part of multiple large layoffs.
Not me. I have 0% layoff anxiety being unemployed and all.
Laid off, took a lower job at a company that was family owned for >25 years. 3 months after they hired me they sold the company to a foreign investor. 3 months later they laid of 1/3 of us.
Wilding suggests sprucing up your resume and reconnecting with your professional network so that you’re ready to hit the job market if necessary.
Oh good, more work (that doesn’t pay). But hey, at least you’d get to spend more time peacocking shamelessly on LinkedIn to impress that Thiel-sanctioned professional network.
Actually, this advice works pretty well for anyone who is worried about their SO suddenly leaving. Might as well keep your physique and personality in top form while casually keeping the playing field passively curious…
Ironically, playing the field can get you fired from your job just like it can get you a divorce. If you say, “sure I might be open to new opportunities,” to the wrong people it might bet back to them.
Gotta love how the “expert-approved strategies” don’t even mention that you should unionize and stop thinking that workers’ rights are “comunism”.
My union-member partner is constantly horrified at the shenanigans my non-union employer pulls are not illegal. Starting with the whole “at will” employment contact setup.
The general worker anxiety in the US is so bad that most people believe that attempts to unionize will end up costing them their jobs anyways.
Worst part is that not all of them are wrong.
I was expressly warned against talking about unionizing by my peer, who has 20+ years with the company. He told me stories how every time it’s been mentioned has led to entire groups (15-20 people) getting fired. It’s insane
