Peter MerholzJan 6, 2023
“Layoffs are a social contagion.” This quote is gold. From: https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/
What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? | Stanford News

As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried. Research – by him, and others – has shown that the stress layoffs create takes a devastating toll on behavioral and physical health and increases mortality and morbidity substantially. Layoffs literally kill people, he said.

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Show threadRenéeJan 6, 2023

@peterme This is very true. Not just is it social contagion as an idea, but within a company it spreads shortermitis amongst the people who are left.

Because they have all just been shown by their employer they are expendable. (And, we knew that before too, but we can fool ourselves that *our* managers or team is different only so long.) And so, no longer give a flying fuck about the company's numbers or the intangibles like teamwork that have just been made a lie of.

Show threadRebecca

@reneestephen @peterme I'm 31, and I've been laid off three times already. As such I now assume I have a maximum of three years working for any company, and plan accordingly.

I'll have been working for my current employer for three years as of this March, and I *will* be leaving by then.

Jan 6, 2023 at 12:57pmWeb