John MinnihanJan 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.

Show threadlizzzzard

@jbminn I just heard a philosophical talk by Adorno and Horckheimer from the 1950ies, complaining about how humans should not ever be managed like things and how the (then only emerging) big companies are dehumanizing all aspects of life.

This is what I feel there. Our work lives have become completely dehumanizing.

Jan 21, 2023 at 9:16amWeb