SaraMGNov 10, 2022

The lesson to take from the big layoffs at Twitter and Facebook is this: "The job will never love you back." No matter how much effort you put in, no matter how clever you are, no matter how long you've committed yourself to $COMPANY, when push comes to shove, you're just a replaceable part in the machine.

Keep your weekends and your evenings. Leave your bugs at work. Your time is for you, and your boss won't send you flowers.

Show threadxcudNov 10, 2022
@saramg This is generally true for large companies but not necessarily true for small ones. Don't take for granted the small business owners who make big sacrifices during tough economic times.
Show threadSaraMGNov 10, 2022
@xcud A fair and valid point. Though I would say that even then, no matter how much $BOSS cares for $EMPLOYEE, at the end of the day, when times get lean, they're going to put themselves and their business first (most of the time).
Show threadIslandUsurper 
@xcud @saramg and considering that’s their livelihood, I can’t even say it’s wrong. But there’s definitely a spectrum of situations and outcomes, some of which are less empathetic than others, shall we say.
Nov 11, 2022 at 2:50amWeb
Show threadRemco.pyNov 11, 2022
Well stated nuance. @saramg