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Yeah, and it’s a bit closer for me. I was asked to resign after not returning to the office when asked. I refused, hoping to get severance or unemployment insurance. I’m a few weeks past the deadline and am just waiting for HR to make their move.
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"I guess"? One month of tech salary would cover a studio rent and feed an adult human for a very, very, very, very long time. As I've touched on several times and NO ONE wants to really engage with, there's a lot of out of touch people here that have no idea what "live within your means" means and don't want to be remotely honest about their expenses. Or somehow thinks "within [their] means" means that they're untouc…
What are you talking about? A month of tech salary at $180k annually is maybe $10k after taxes. In the high CoL areas where those salaries are “common”, $2k/mo might get you a studio with a reasonable commute.[1] Throw in utilities and food and you’ll be lucky to make it 4 months. That is absolutely not a “very, very, very, very long time”. You can’t compare the cost of a studio in Albuquerque with a salary from the…
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How do you plan your life and career around the idea that you can be let go at any time for and be unemployed for an unknown amount of time, with no assurances you’ll be employable in the future? For sure, one should not overextend themselves, but conversely you can do everything right (live below your means, invest vs frivolous spending, robust emergency fund) and still fail. The anxiety of those faced with this rea…
Well, one step would be some self-honesty about living within means. Throw out some numbers, let's talk about the specifics that no one here really wants to engage in. Someone with this perspective, please, help me understand - Give me a base salary, a rent, and a monthly expense that doesn't let you save up 6months of runway after 2+ years of employment.
Be prepared for a long haul, some of us without degrees are still looking a year later, despite having a decade of experience doing the role. About the only offers I've gotten are a systems architect role starting at 50k, where they then come back on the second interview and say its 30k since I'm not qualified since I don't have a degree. Take it or leave it. I have a decade of direct experience doing this work and h…
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What are you talking about? A month of tech salary at $180k annually is maybe $10k after taxes. In the high CoL areas where those salaries are “common”, $2k/mo might get you a studio with a reasonable commute.[1] Throw in utilities and food and you’ll be lucky to make it 4 months. That is absolutely not a “very, very, very, very long time”. You can’t compare the cost of a studio in Albuquerque with a salary from the…
Why are you assuming a studio and not roommates?
Are you saying there's a time where you weren't constantly anticipating your entire life unraveling at a moment's notice?
I get the meme of this, but I’ve noticed I am always thinking about what would happen or what I would do if/when I got fired. 1 perk of being childless is you really only have to worry about feeding yourself I guess (I am not a childfree proponent)
Having left a job of 12 years, I am gradually working up my next phase -- new job, my own company, side gigs... it's both exciting to contemplate and stressful in these increasingly difficult times.
But coming home and dealing with family stuff, both good and bad, is a welcome distraction, usually. YMMV, of course!
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Too low anyways but Take it and keep looking Or take it and maliciously comply with whatever they want in the most brutal way possible
Or stay true to your professional standards? Maliciousness usually is detectable.
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I get the meme of this, but I’ve noticed I am always thinking about what would happen or what I would do if/when I got fired. 1 perk of being childless is you really only have to worry about feeding yourself I guess (I am not a childfree proponent)
"I guess"? One month of tech salary would cover a studio rent and feed an adult human for a very, very, very, very long time. As I've touched on several times and NO ONE wants to really engage with, there's a lot of out of touch people here that have no idea what "live within your means" means and don't want to be remotely honest about their expenses. Or somehow thinks "within [their] means" means that they're untouc…
Add a car payment, car insurance, and you're probably looking at 3 months.
Edit: that's also not supposed to imply that folks only have a single month's worth of salary saved. Just trying to highlight that your comment had some wonky numbers.
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Too low anyways but Take it and keep looking Or take it and maliciously comply with whatever they want in the most brutal way possible
Or stay true to your professional standards? Maliciousness usually is detectable.
I would rather flip burgers than provide my hard-earned and considerable expertise for glass beads. Its such a waste that exploitation is the norm, and if you don't go for it you can't use your expertise. I'm damn good at what I do, and that kind of interference in labor relations should be illegal.
Fortunately for me my savvy investments cover my fixed expenses so I'm not desperate to put food on the table. This kind of thing is fairly common for those without a degree, and in my opinion it is truly a despicable type of employment discrimination.
Yeah, I think that is a totally reasonable set of feelings to have. The recent wave of layoffs seems to be about something very different than P&L. I thought this McSweeney's piece portrayed it well: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/macroeconomic-changes-ha... > There’s no easy way to say this: I have made the difficult decision to lay off over six thousand of you. In the past two years, we have achieved huge wins…