From an #npr friend re: coming #Layoffs

“By COB Friday, 100 NPR employees will know they are being laid off.

We don’t know who. Could be her, him, them, me.

To say things at work have been stressful is an understatement. For the past month, it’s been rather funereal and brains are very preoccupied
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folks are tired, anxious, and unable to plan forward. Not a lot of joy. More like paddling in a slow whirlpool and just staying in place, exhausting yourself while trying not to get sucked in.”