I got laid off from my tech job

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[CDinger]

Never take a chunk of time off. It’s a job killer for your future job opportunities. It sucks but it’s the truth these days.

[LaidOffLegends]

Getting laid off sucks.. been there too. Just know you’re not alone, and this can be the start of something new, even if it doesn’t feel that way yet. You’ve got this!

[luisriba]

In my case, I took legal action against my former employer for wrong termination under the protected characteristic of disability. They wanted me to returned to the office 2 months prior my doctors recommendation and I refused to return to work because I was not medical cleared. Then They laid me off 3 days later after returning from disability.

[jd]

Im a class of 2004 - graduated with computer engineering. I have 12 buddies graduated the same degree- and im the only one that has a job right now . They got laid off from - Cisco, Intel, FB, Google, MS, GM and Tesla - and I work in At&t - friggin scary tbh

[tonyj]

Tech won't recover anytime soon. The US updated section 174 of the tax code in 2024 which means companies can no longer write off software engineering as an R&D expense. This means companies have to be lean and mean about it.

[Indrid__Cold]

So, you led a team of "dots" who were undercutting the wages of US citizens? Indeed, each of those employees probably replaced a formerly employed US programmer. The company you worked for probably asked "why are we paying an American wage when we can hire a Bangladeshi?

[spearofthelily]

I did about 4 years of freelance marketing, everything from coding, web design, graphic design, copy, client management, project management... After 2 years of resume renovation and learning to interview through trial and error, I got my first project management contract. I got 3 back to back contracts in 2022 which ended in 2023. My resume looks better then ever with recognizable companies and I've gotten absolutely no contracts since then. I've probably done thousands of applications by now and think it's pretty much hopeless. I've pretty much only been staying afloat by working manual labor jobs. All of the skills and experience I've gained are really paying off :)

[GodSonBlessed]

It's sad but they probably have a guy overseas doing the same job for $5 an hour without benefits. It happened to most of the developers, engineers and tech support staff at my job.

[mfrancisco_]

3, 500 resume send and still nothing so it's not just you it's everyone is hurting right now. Don't know what to really think at this point but probably like you said next year hopefully things turn around

[MichaelSchimpf-fi]

It looks like a recession is on the way or we are already in a recession for some time, and in a recession tech jobs are scarce :/

[WrYSVrZrtr]

I realized at the end of 2022 that my job of several years was a dead end job. Not only is the job market terrible if you are looking for a job, it is also terrible if you want to advance in your career. So I switched to a new field, as it was the only way I could advance.

[pedros]

Hi, I found the job in NYC + 2 more offers but when I began to look for apartment, this was ridiculous, $5K/1br with a job which pays $10K, how? My salary supposed to be 50% bigger to live comfortably! I have to stay in NJ and waist my time and money for transit! This job/housing market is unsustainable!

[scrapbrainsinc]

Yeah going through an agency, always makes the employee look like "not a real boy", as they seemed to be owned by agency. I've seen companies put a silo around them, and not "need to know" on almost anything. It felt like the company for you may be trying to experiment with a low cost solution, they set you up to fail, then washed their hands and said it doesn't work.

[sheilastanaland]

I gave up on my tech career after 2 layoffs. Going into phlebotomy now as a 64-year-old woman, after deciding that retirement wasn't working for me. I'm the oldest in my class, but so far so good - I'm actually enjoying it. IT seems to only want young men - preferably foreign.

[lak]

The job you're describing, where you didn't have access to basic, key resources like even email addresses, sounds like a sh*t show. Organizations shouldn't be that withholding and providing needless barriers to even the most basic of tasks.

If I went into a place with abysmal conditions like that, I'd quit pretty much immediately. It's not worth the stress and difficulty. It's simply a terrible place to work, which no competent worker should have to endure.

[sparkc]

the info tech job market is saturated because they are over paid by factor of 2. it silicon valley effect because it cost so much to live there. it time to get factory job in the middle of nowhere. also there record immigration which effects the job market across the board. I think half of them allow to work.

[janetupdxpdx]

Corporations are wasting a lot of talent. It sounds like the last place you worked didn’t trust you enough to give you the information you needed to do the job. Top executives are basically looting the corporations even though they know that that might shut them down. Or maybe they think they can have AI replace all the employees and contractors and that they’ll make a much bigger profit. The only problem with that is that it eventually comes around to kick them in the butt because the economy has gone down the toilet. I’ve also heard that CEOs are quitting at a record rate. Strange times.

[nicholaswinebrenner]

Be sure to file your unemployment claim right away if you have not done it.

[mjb]

It seems that the tech industry didn’t realize the result of them developing AI would end with AI replacing many of them. I’m no fan of Hollywood but they did understand tech enough to strike over losing their jobs. And yet tech is still working on improving AI.
Can you explain this line of thinking in a future video ?

[jeran]

I've had 48 trips around the sun so far. For me the job market has always been an S show. The market treats you like s, they point the finger at you and call you s and they want you to love the market.