I’m sure most people here already realize this, but with all the recent mass layoffs happening, it’s important to realize that to these companies, you are disposable. Besides creating potential revenue for the company, you have no value anymore.
The company I work for currently just laid off 11% of their workforce, and you know who was among those laid off? People who had been with the company since day one. Given over a decade of their life to support the company, and created god knows how many millions of dollars in revenue with their work over those years too. And then they were unceremoniously let go with little explanation on a random Tuesday in January, for no fault of their own! The executives played the markets wrong and lost the company money, and no of course they don’t feel the repercussions of that. No, they drop 11% of the company, cutting off these people and their families from their livelihood, their source of income, because someone else fucked up. That’s not right.
And this is not an isolated event either; even in this sub there are other posts about all the recent tech layoffs that are happening, and all these people who have worked for Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc. for 10+ years are being laid off with nothing more than a “we’re sorry” in an automated email.
It’s time everyone said fuck company loyalty. Go where you’re valued, and keep jumping jobs if you aren’t compensated fairly. The only one who will fight for you is YOU.