Layoffs Are Cruel and Don't Work
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Layoffs Are Cruel and Don't Work
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#2The higher educated white collar class is coming to terms with the fact they are just as disposable as the rest of us.
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#3"the Cruelty is the Point"
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-01-30...
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#4I think it's a huge mistake. The great labor shortage is just beginning. You can thank the retiring boomers for that. (And I hope they enjoy their retirement!)
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#5The higher educated white collar class is coming to terms with the fact they are just as disposable as the rest of us.
Which class do you relate to and as a function of which type of job?
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#6This place isn't your home, these people aren't your friends and your executive leadership would run you over with their cars if you stood between them and revenue growth. Your relationship to work changes forever. You will never again believe that you are "critical" to the company or that the company is interested in you as a person.
This has always always been the case. Grow up.
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#7The higher educated white collar class is coming to terms with the fact they are just as disposable as the rest of us.
We are all workers, we are the working class whether we are educated or not.
The capital owners want the working class to fight amongst themselves because it allows them to continue enriching themselves off the backs of the working class.
Even if you own some stocks or have a 401k, if you depend on a salary to pay your bills then you are a worker
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#8"the Cruelty is the Point" https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-01-30...
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#9The Steve Jobs quote makes me hopeful that Apple won't follow their lemming peers off this cliff.
Hopefully the payoff for Apple is significant and obvious so that at least some learn the lesson in the article.
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#10I think it's a huge mistake. The great labor shortage is just beginning. You can thank the retiring boomers for that. (And I hope they enjoy their retirement!)
There is no way to make a mistake here because there are essentially no consequences -- entities of this scale can rehire as easily as they fire.
At a lower average compensation rate too, most likely. These companies are basically refinancing their labor force using cruelty and fear. It is working because they're all doing it, because we let them. System working as intended.