> Layoffs suck as they are not personal and do not take into account how you performed. You end up just being in the wrong column in an excel sheet that got deleted and there is nothing noone can do about it. And I think that makes it harder to deal with cause there is nothing you can do to fix it or to change it. There is no one to blame, no-one at fault. So you just become one of the unlucky ones and you have to leave the job and team and company you love.
Is this true, or is it cope?
I've never worked at a firm as large as Microsoft, but I'd be astonished if it were accurate. She's describing it as though it were a natural disaster or fluke. This, if true, really highlights the mercenary nature of modern employment.
"Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush with 100,000 men and arrived on the other side thirteen days later with only 64,000. The cold conditions killed 34% of his men. They were just in the wrong column and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Can't fix it or change it. No one to blame, they knew what they signed up for. They were just the unlucky ones, nothing personnel."
cebert•1mo ago
I think in Debbie’s case this might be true. She has posted a lot of great content in a dev advocacy role / TPM for Playwright and did a phenomenal job building a community. I would hope this should be valued by Microsoft.
A_D_E_P_T•1mo ago
Is this true, or is it cope?
I've never worked at a firm as large as Microsoft, but I'd be astonished if it were accurate. She's describing it as though it were a natural disaster or fluke. This, if true, really highlights the mercenary nature of modern employment.
"Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush with 100,000 men and arrived on the other side thirteen days later with only 64,000. The cold conditions killed 34% of his men. They were just in the wrong column and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Can't fix it or change it. No one to blame, they knew what they signed up for. They were just the unlucky ones, nothing personnel."
cebert•1mo ago