The Google layoffs remind me: When I considered starting my first company I worried about "job security".
My then-girlfriend said:
"Big companies do not provide job security. They provide the service that you are the last person to know when the job is gone."
Wisdom.
@HalvarFlake When people told me they were thinking of leaving and mentioned "loyalty", I'd always point out that an employer has zero loyalty to you and will drop you in a hot second. I wanted my team to stick around because they wanted to, not out of some misguided corporate allegiance.
This is probably one of many factors that limited my career growth in management.
HalvarFlake
Christopher Masto