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John Minnihan Jan 20, 2023

i was laid-off twice early in my career in very large reorgs / cost-cutting.

the thing that wld have been helpful for me to hear then was 'this is not abt you. you were a number on someone's spreadsheet. they wanted that number to go down by 1000 or 2000 or 10,000'.

so, to anyone who needs to hear that today:

it's not abt you. you did nothing wrong.

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Adara Astin

@jbminn I think this connects to a bigger truth, that we don't convey to people early in their lives (if at all): it's entirely possible to do everything right and still get bad outcomes, particularly in unfair and heartless systems. That's why relying on individual exceptionalism is never enough to keep you safe in life, and why collective solutions are critical.