#layoff

[doodlefox2]

first time getting laid off.

[dailybehbeh]

Behbeh

[donotdestroy]

Apple’s Steve Jobs dealt with the 2008 financial crisis by investing his way through the downturn, instead of slashing jobs and budgets—2 ye

Just two years after the 2008 financial crisis, Apple released the iPad.

“What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn,” he said. “That we weren’t going to lay off people, that we’d taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place—the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.”

[batsinurbelfrey]

Interaction from last night with @swiss-army-fangirl I keep thinking about Me: Hey. Why did your mom send me $100 just now? Fiancee: [pauses making bed, looks at camera] ...I dunno? Man. Why DIDN'T she send ME $100???? What the hell. Me: You have a fucking JOB rn babe!!! The STATE gives you $100! [both break down into laughter]

Being suddenly laid off as a creative during a recession + AI boom has been hard and bullshit let me tell you what, but the little jokey moments of joy with my Fiancee are a nice little reprieve, and joking about dark things happening to me is very my-coping-strat LOL

[sweetswesf]

Affirmations

Don't be so hard on yourself

You got this

A little at a time

1% everyday is better than 70% one day and nothing other days

Consistency is the key

If you only knew how close you were...

You can't quit just because it's tough

Let tomorrow worry about itself

Be more present

God's got you

God has something better promised for you

[crafantale]

4000 AI layoffs in Tech Industry

Tech Bros think it's good artist lose their job to AI art

Well all the companies who replace their employees are tech works

Including IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announcing hiring pause if the job can be done by AI and planning to replace 8000

There's a reason why a lot of AI advocates are CEO

They're coming for all jobs and yours too

[altocat]

Feeling a bit better. Still depressed but making a nice list of things to look forward to. 

Hopefully will have plenty of writing for you guys now in the future. I’m so grateful for the outpouring of love and support. You guys are amazing. So more to come! Going to try to stay positive.

[lifeofmediocrity]

I'm absolutely terrified of my job doing layoffs. If it happens, I'm fairly sure I'll be homeess as i won't be able to find a job. I have physical restrictions now that i didn't have when i last had to work in retail. (Nothing major, but enough i can't lug around boxes or heavy objects)

I am bad at writing resumes and I do not do well with job searches.

I am full of pessimism, fear, and the dread that i will die in poverty.