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Tech Employee Who Went Viral for Filming Her Firing Has No Regrets::undefined

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[-] five82@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Disguising layoffs as performance based firings seems to be more and more popular these days. As an older employee who’s in the process of being managed out/quiet fired, it’s a horrible, sadistic way to gaslight your employees and toy with their mental health.

[-] Copernican@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah. That's why I was curious. I replied to a comment saying we need to raise penalties for layoffs to disincentivize it. But if employers are using performance as a guise to do layoff without a layoff, that might mean the layoff punishment is deterring it in a weird way.

Sorry about your position. That sucks. When I look around at colleagues and their age, it makes me wonder if I should move to a management track instead of staying IC.

[-] five82@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks. I considered management at various times during my career. But it’s just not for me. With that being said, I can tell you that it’s rough being an older IC if you want job security.

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