#LaidOff

[smshiptournament]

Spooky ship tournament - Round 1, Matchup 11

[mrablogger]

What happened in April 2023?

April 2023 was full of highs and lows, from moving to a smaller house and getting laid off, to spending time with loved ones and returning to Magic: The Gathering. Check out this honest and inspiring article about personal growth and aiming higher! #April

Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve shared an update on what’s happening in my life. This is an excellent time to catch up on what’s happening. I also want to apologize for my unplanned hiatus last March. Work got out of hand, so I took a small break and recuperated.  April was a transformative month with both highs and lows. I try to accept things beyond my control. And take each lesson…

[binduspoint]

Getting back to work after a long gap in Career

Dear friends, Most of us face this situation whether we like it or not. If you are in the same boat, don’t feel defeated. You can always get back to work no matter what was the reason for your break. Also you need not feel guilty for taking the break, whether it was to take care of your kids, or you were on H4 visa in USA, or ill health, or had to take care of your parents, all is for good…

[veer-developer]

#Google #recruiter #laidoff ☹️ The sad part is the recruiter, was expecting #salary #hike #Market is full of #uncertainty https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn9po75MwD6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[careermantradotorg]

Google has stated that 12,000 employees would be laid off internationally. Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the business conducted a “rigorous review across product categories” to verify that present jobs correspond with the company’s top priorities.

[kckool]

I Eat Fear for Breakfast

Are you unemployed or recently laid off? Check out my newest blog titled "I Eat Fear for Breakfast". As someone who has now been laid off six times, I have plenty of insight. Learn how to lead with confidence, not fear!

https://kimwackerportfolio.weebly.com/blog/i-eat-fear-for-breakfast

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." ​— ​George Addair

This famous quote ​could not ring more true, especially in this day and age when layoffs have become as common as pouring your morning cup of joe. 

I recently came across a post on LinkedIn where the author initiated a poll. The question was, "Are you afraid of layoffs?" I laughed out loud. Why you ask? Simple. Because I eat fear for breakfast. 

Following six corporate layoffs from full-time marketing roles, on top of countless contracts ending suddenly, I no longer "fear" losing my job. Hell, I embrace it, because I know its inevitable—especially when you work in a volatile industry such as marketing.  My response? I look at it as a sign from the universe; moreover, a clear indication that something bigger and better is headed my way. You know the saying... when one door closes... enough said.  A history of layoffs ​ My first layoff was in 2012, and I was unable to find regular work for a very long time. In fact, the first short-term contract I accepted required me to take about a $37K pay cut. It was brutal, but at least I had some income, for a little while anyway. From that point, I went on to accept a number of contract and full-time jobs, all the while still being grossly underpaid. At one point, I finally started moving up again, but then ended up with the same salary for almost seven years. All I could manage to obtain were lateral moves, regardless of whether I working in a full-time or contract role.  In 2016, I came to the realization that Corporate America was no longer the "stable" option that was engrained in me growing up. My father had a very successful 25-year career with one company, but that clearly was not going to be my path. So, I decided to start moonlighting and finding side hustles.  That was just the beginning of what eventually inspired me to form my own company, Wacker Social Enterprises, LLC.  The turning point After enduring two back-to-back Covid layoffs in 2020, bringing my grand total up to five layoffs at that point, I decided that enough was enough. I was finally going to go "all in" with self-employment.  Best decision I ever made. Period. End of story.  In just one year, I exceeded the income I had ever made in any corporate full-time job. In fact, I jumped up $17K from my highest previous base salary. That was when I finally realized my worth.  Earlier this year, business slowed down and I was presented with another full-time corporate opportunity. I had sworn to myself that I would never go back to the rat race again, but given that rent had just gone up 53% where I live in Tampa, Florida (one of the highest increases in the nation), I decided to give it one final go.  I guess the writing was on the wall. After five short months, I was laid off yet again, bringing my grand total up to now six layoffs.  The statistics Here's the thing, I no longer take layoffs as a personal attack on my character or my performance. Why? Because it's so common, especially in the marketing industry. Every single time I've been laid off, I've opened up my LinkedIn feed to dozens of posts from former colleagues who had also just been laid off.  Don't believe me? The statistics speak for themselves...

According to an article published earlier this month by the Washington Post, Meta, Facebook's parent company, "plans to cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to scale back expenses and transform its business in a more competitive digital advertising market."  A similar article published by the Financial Post just days ago reports that "layoffs are being planned at more than half of U.S. companies." This statement followed a recent survey released by a consultant at PWC, which polled more than 700 U.S. executives. The industries at riskIf you think your industry is recession-proof, you may want to think again.

This article, published by Facty, provides a comprehensive list of the top ten industries that are most susceptible to layoffs. Keep in mind that this article was written in 2020, but in my opinion, is still an accurate source, considering we were in the midst of a pandemic.

I don't know about you, but this list of industries most at risk does not surprise me: (side note: my most recent layoff was from a marketing role in the real estate industry... take a look at #1 and #2 below!)​

Real Estate

Marketing 

Construction

Auto

Airline & Travel

Restaurant

Oil

Hospitality

Recruiting & Employment

Freelancing 

The word on the street is that another recession is fast approaching. My advice? Be prepared. Don't be stuck looking fear in the face. Have an actionable plan in place. Start saving now. Start thinking about alternate ways that you can earn money. START NOW! 

What's next? 

Stay tuned... I'm currently working on a very affordable e-Book titled "The Ultimate Unemployment Survival Guide." If you are unemployed, and don't know where to start, or are just looking for a side hustle, this guide will be a must-have! It will include tips and tricks on how to make yourself recession-proof and walk you through the A to Z's of every step to take if and when you face layoffs. Have no fear! I have lived through this half a dozen times now and I can help! 

Until next time...! 

Your friend, Kim 

[greedskill]

Laid off half of its staff Twitter might be asking some employees come back

Twitter is reaching out to some employees to come back after it engaged in a mass laid off last week, according to multiple reports. The company’s new owner Elon Musk laid off 3,700 people from Twitter — almost half of its staff — after he completed the takeover.

A Bloomberg report cited sources saying that the company asked some folks to return as they were laid off “by mistake.” It also noted it was calling some other employees back as they were critical for building features for the platform Musk envisions.

In addition to this, several posts on the anonymous app Blind also indicated that Twitter might have called a few employees back. Casey Newton also reported in a thread that on internal Slack, remaining employees were asked to make a list of potential candidates that could be called back.

Also Read : Why is Twitter laying off 30% of its talent acquisition team?

Not long after assuming control over the organization, Musk has guaranteed a lot of new highlights like patched up check process and another Twitter Blue experience evaluated at $8. The Tesla President has additionally set exceptionally close cutoff times for these element rollouts. With a lot of individuals laid off across capabilities, it very well may be extreme for the leftover representatives to finish things in time.

Musk and his group have vowed to construct things like joining long-structure text to tweets and another rendition of TweetDeck. As per tweets from a previous worker, various individuals from these groups who were dealing with these highlights were terminated. Furthermore, the new Twitter Chief likewise vowed to construct a paywall include with a bunch of distributers days after it finished a comparable program that was important for the Twitter Blue membership.

Last week, a lot of previous Twitter workers recorded a legal claim against the organization for not giving them satisfactory notification prior to excusing them from their positions. The case claimed Twitter of disregarding specialist security regulations like the government Laborer Change and Retraining Notice Go about as well as the California Caution Act — both require 60 days of early notification before a mass cutback.

[midstridemoxie]

After 5 years, I was laid off this week (budget cuts..lame). Getting back to looking for work is a grind, but I'm doing it. Send me your good thoughts, your leads, ideas, etc. I need to be back to work soon! #laidoff #unemployment #lookingforwork (at Oceanside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci21_UDJrgV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[smshiptournament]

Spooky month ship tournament announcement!

This poll tournament has been inspired by @itsnotmourn spooky month shipchart, most of the ship names come from there so go check it out.

It has also been inspired by other blogs like @confessions-sm and @smpolls

What is this tournament about?

Well, its about a ton of ships fighting in polls to determine which is the supreme ship. I realized that there were several ship tournaments on Twitter but none on Tumblr, so here it is!

This has been done for pure fun so don't be rude with each other please.

This also has been done by someone who had the idea at 4 am in the morning so sorry if its messy.

How many ships are here?

Uhh...

Poisonwine (Lila x Skidad)

Lilacvan (Lila x Frank)

LavenderSugar (Lila x CD)

Lilacdonuts (Lila x Jack)

LavenderSmoke (Lila x John)

LilacCandy (Lila x Kevin)

Lilacblanket (Lila x Rick)

LilacRats (Lila x Dexter)

Lilacbats (Lila x Streber)

Deadlavender (Lila x Patty)

Goldenlavender (Lila x Jaune)

Grapemeat (Lila x Bob)

Rosewine (Lila x Carmen)

RichLavender (Lila x Richard)

BurningLavender (Lila x Ignacio)

LavenderMeds (Lila x Mort)

SinlessLilac (Lila x Moloch)

Saviorvan (Skidad x Frank)

BlackLicorice (Skidad x CD)

CultClassic (Skidad x Radford)

Richwine (Skidad x Richard)

Holyfire (Skidad x Ignacio)

StarrySavior (Skidad x Eyes)

ShadyBusiness (Frank x CD)

PoliceChase (Frank x John)

Jawbreaker (Frank x Kevin)

Tiredvan (Frank x Rick)

Clickbait (Frank x Radford)

VANRAT (Frank x Dexter)

Batmobile (Frank x Streber)

Bananawheels (Frank x Jaune)

Kingcobra (Frank x Aaron)

Limousine (Frank x Carmen)

HolyBuck (Frank x Gregor)

Hotwheels (Frank x Ignacio)

Loveheist (FT x TT)

SugarSmokes (CD x John)

SpikedCandy (CD x Kevin)

Miserysucker (CD x Rick)

PiratedFilm (CD x Radford)

BloodSugar (CD x Streber)

SpikedWhiskey (CD x Richard)

BurningSugar (CD x Ignacio)

Smokeydonuts (Jack x John)

Sweetdonuts (Jack x Kevin)

ForensicDeputy (Jack x Patty)

Lemondonuts (Jack x Jaune)

MotorDonuts (Jack x Aaron)

DrunkinDonuts (Jack x Richard)

CaptainDonuts (Jack x Captain)

CandyCigarettes (John x Kevin)

DeadSmoke (John x Rick)

Smokeybusiness (John x Evermore)

Smokeymotors (John x Aaron)

GunSmoke (John x Shotgun)

Sourcandy (Kevin x Rick)

Caramelpopcorn (Kevin x Radford)

Ratcandy (Kevin x Dexter)

Candybats (Kevin x Streber)

Macaron (Kevin x Carmen)

SweetCigar (Kevin x Richard)

Spicycandy (Kevin x Ignacio)

EyeCandy (Kevin x Eyes)

Bitterpopcorn (Rick x Radford)

RatNap (Rick x Dexter)

Sleepybats (Rick x Streber)

Jadedego (Rick x Evermore)

Miserymeat (Rick x Bob)

Moneyloss (Rick x Richard)

Poisonedpopcorn (Radford x Dexter)

Scarymovie (Radford x Streber)

Slasherfilm (Radford x Bob)

Cinemoney (Radford x Richard)

Burntpopcorn (Radford x Ignacio)

ButterShot (Radford x Shotgun)

Ratbat (Dexter x Streber)

Labrats (Dexter x Patty)

Sunnycide (Dexter x Jaune)

Ratmeat (Dexter x Bob)

Ratqueen (Dexter x Carmen)

Infestment (Dexter x Richard)

Batmeat (Steber x Bob)

Batbucks (Steber x Richard)

Actorbats (Steber x Actor)

ShowBats (Steber x Actress)

DeadSunflower (Patty x Jaune)

Deadmeat (Patty x Bob)

Cleancoin (Patty x Carmen)

LaidOff (Patty x Richard)

Spiritmorgue (Patty x Moloch)

Moneyhungry (Evermore x Bob)

Taxfraud (Evermore x Richard)

Hotdebate (Evermore x Ignacio)

BulletBill (Evermore x Shotgun)

ClinicalNarcissist (Evermore x Mort)

Funnybusiness (Evermore x Garcia)

Motorhead (Jaune x Aaron)

Meatqueen (Bob x Carmen)

Richmeat (Bob x Richard)

LastSupper (Bob x Gregor)

Heartburn (Bob x Ignacio)

MeatCanyon (Bob x Shotgun)

Meatpie (Bob x Mr Clown)

Bloodsacrifice (Bob x Moloch)

Highheels (Carmen x Richard)

GunsNRoses (Carmen x Shotgun)

HeavenlyOffering (Richard x Gregor)

Shotglass (Richard x Shotgun)

Showbiz (Richard x Actor)

WealthyWill (Richard x Grandpa Wonder)

PumpkinSpice (Richard x Pump's Father)

Workaholic (Richard x Pump's Mother)

Healthcare (Richard x Mort)

EyesOnThePrize (Richard x Eyes)

Fieryfaith (Gregor x Ignacio)

OldBible (Gregor x Grandpa Wonder)

HolyCat (Gregor x Michelle)

Holydemon (Gregor x Moloch)

Hellfire (Ignacio x Moloch)

Capshot (Captain x Shotgun)

Comedic Law (Captain x Garcia)

BurningGaze (Moloch x Eyes)

A few...

Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention, there will be TWO polls every day so this is going to last a while.

[bumblebeerror]

I'm not sure how nice I trust a person to be if continuing to support a project that laidoff all the workers they didn't pay is part of being nice. Exploiting people isn't nice.

So lemme get this straight. You’re mad at Quackity’s management for not paying workers, and then when Quackity finds out and fires those managers and sets out his general plans to downsize, slow down, and gradually reincorporate the rest -

[a pretty structured and well-thought-out plan for having the server down for less than a WEEK](likely because if he’s paying everyone who was working, he can’t afford to pay every last one right this minute)

- now you’re mad because he’s trying to do it the right way, which by the way is a MASSIVE amount of work, for a server where he doesn’t stream much and doesn’t receive direct income from, directly after he’s admitted that he’s been struggling in his personal life and apologized profusely live at like fucking 3am the moment he found out?

(like, this isn’t a server like hypixel. The CC’s aren’t paying for ranks or memberships or anything.).

Does that sound about right?

And then, to cap it off - you’ve decided that this is somehow something I am responsible for in some way? Like I need to be clear: I am Some Guy On The Internet. I’m not a socials manager for Quackity, I don’t pay Quackity jackshit because I’m poor as hell, nor do I watch his streams because I’ve only got the money for the one subscription.

I am watching a streamer play with his new friends as a way to relax because work yesterday left me unable to do fucking housework, my guy, who told you you’re an asshole because you decided to send a poorly timed ask to harsh the nice mood I was enjoying, which you knew I was enjoying, because I was liveblogging.

Have you considered learning some manners and, here’s a wild concept: respecting the feelings of people around you.

[cicadaknight]

wait backup. bioware laidoff 50 something roles? ahead of their most anticipated launch in years??

[nerdjourney]

Reduction in Force: Navigating Layoff Trends in Tech with Real Job Talk (1/2)

The hosts of Real Job Talk join us for a focused discussion on #layoffs in tech with practical advice for those impacted and those who have lost colleagues. #rif #laidoff #career #techlayoffs #jobsearch

Are layoffs in the tech industry a trend that will continue? What can IT workers do about it? Whether you’ve been impacted by a layoff event, lost colleagues in a layoff, or have just been watching from afar…this episode is part of a focused discussion on layoffs meant to encourage and advise all of us. This week in episode 290 we’re joined by Kat Nelson Troyer and Liz Bronson, the hosts of Real…

[veer-developer]

#Google #recruiter #laidoff ☹️ The sad part is the recruiter, was expecting #salary #hike #Market is full of #uncertainty https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn9po75MwD6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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