Reading people's layoff notes the last few days, I would like to share some reminders:

1. Work will never love you back.

2. "It isn't personal." Ignore people who say that. Your salary, your sense of purpose and work integrity *are* personal, and when they are taken away without warning, it affects *you* personally, even if the decision to cut your position was only about money.

3. Thinking about your emotions through a job loss as grieving can be helpful.

4. Work will never love you back.

🍏🐍 Designer layoff stories
by Matej Latin @matejlatin
Retaliation, targeted eliminations, legal disputes, and other horror stories from the tech industry
#Layoffs #ProductDesign #UX #UXdesign

https://matejlatin.com/blog/designer-layoff-stories/

Let's all support the REI union, which is suing the "coop" owners for violations of labor law.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/rei-accused-widespread-labor-law-violations-unionized-us-stores-2023-11-15/

The union wants publicity about this for now.

#union #retail #uspol #labor #lawfedi #lawsuit #nyc #stores

Many boosts, thank you! Editing to add a link to the union statement:
https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/rei-workers-take-nationwide-legal-action-against-employer/?link_id=0&can_id=69f83eaea21abe8748558cdee31c91f9&source=email-article&email_referrer=email_2115001&email_subject=urgent-rei-union-takes-legal-action

Edit 2: You can sign the union's "solidarity pledge" here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/i-pledge-to-stand-in-solidarity-with-rei-union/

and read more about the union at https://www.ourrei.com/