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I'm a tech worker who got laid off twice in a year. I've made good money — but I'm paranoid it will happen again.

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 05:14

Amber Smith holding a cake that has — Amber Smith currently works as a product owner for an insurance company.
Courtesy of Amber Smith.

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3 signs the economy is thriving — and 3 red flags to monitor

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Fed chair Jerome Powell — Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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economy, Recession, economy, federal-reserve, Inflation, GDP, labor-market

As layoffs mount, working from home is getting riskier than ever

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 05:22

Tech Insider : Economy

Collage featuring a business man leaving a home office, with a computer screen displaying an alert, and a cat pawing for attention — Getty Images; BI

economy, Careers, Discourse, Layoffs, Tech, remote-work, work-from-home

Morgan Stanley expected to lay off hundreds of employees from its wealth-management team

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 15:47

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Gen Z has discovered the ultimate anti-layoff hack: government jobs

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:35

Tech Insider : Economy

uncle sam — I want YOU to work for the government. At least that's the latest takeaway some Gen Zers have of today's job market.
Library of Congress

Tech, Careers, economy, gen-z, work-life-balance, Millenials, public-servants

The layoffs sweeping tech companies are 'contagious' and 'may get worse,' Jefferies analyst predicts

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 15:26

Stock photo of businessman crossing out people on a board, symbolizing workforce reduction — Tech companies have been hit hard already in 2024, and a Jefferies analyst thinks things will get worse.
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A workplace expert says Gen Zers posting videos of themselves getting laid off online are seeking 'validation' because they feel lonely

Fri, 02/09/2024 - 07:56

Young man making a video blog. — An ex-Cloudflare employee, not pictured, went viral after filming her layoff and posting it on TikTok.
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McKinsey's 'unsatisfactory' performance warning for 3,000 workers is the latest bad news for big consulting companies

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 16:15

McKinsey & Company — McKinsey & Co. is among several top consulting firms coming off a pandemic boom.
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I'm a former Amazon VP who once laid off a third of a startup I had helped build. Here's what I learned about handling layoffs.

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 05:12

480833915 — Ethan Evans writes that if you get the sense that a layoff is coming, you want to try to be a part of that process so you can influence the outcome.
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Tech layoffs are way down from last year. Why does it feel so grim?

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 05:00

Google employees at the company's Silicon Valley campus — Google employees at the company's Silicon Valley campus
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2024 has started with another wave of tech industry layoffs. This time, though, the cuts are way smaller.

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