The layoffs in tech continue unabated. I realized that there’s no one place where I’ve got all of the things I’ve written about them collected in one place (and I don’t like WordPress’ tags page). So, here they all are, plus one bonus one about all of the ways that working in tech can make […]
I guess this is part four of my one part series (parts one, two & three) on layoffs and reorgs. For the record, I was right about the reorg following right behind the layoff. In part three, I talked about the loss of control that layoffs cause. Reorgs just pile on to that, and then, […]
I’ve been talking to a lot of people since the layoffs last Wednesday, helping them (and myself) come to terms with the colleagues that are no longer here, all of the survivor’s guilt, uncertainty and fear that comes along with it. I’ve talked about some of those things in the previous two posts (this one […]
In my last layoff-related post, I tried to talk through some of the emotions you’ll feel, and why no question you’ll ask will get an answer that will satisfy you. Well, I’ve still been thinking about them, and how we navigate them. A layoff confronts us with suffering we can’t turn away from, can’t reason […]
With yesterday’s layoff at Gusto, I was inevitably thinking about my own history with #layoffs. For my jobs as an adult, I’ve only left by something OTHER than being laid off twice. Here’s the history: Being laid off isn’t a black mark on your job history. If you’re in tech long enough, YOU WILL GET […]