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Re:Renewing Medium’s focus by brongondwana on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:11PM (#13324124)
There's opportunity costs for those employees for having taken that job rather than another option that may have been on the table at the time.

Or having taken on additional responsibilities (loan, started a family, etc) based on having the job.

Getting a job that shouldn't have existed and then losing it again isn't zero sum.

Re:Renewing Medium’s focus by eropple on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:23PM (#13324722)
Agreed. In my experience, being out of a job six months after starting a new one is a net negative. I can spin a longer break between jobs a lot better than that.
Re:Renewing Medium’s focus by paulcole on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:03AM (#13325096)
just leave it off your resume
Re:Renewing Medium’s focus by eropple on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:49AM (#13325271)
Right, but then you're getting into the areas where talking about, say, a 12 month gap (4 months looking, 8 months working, then canned) instead of perhaps a 5 or a 6 month gap. It can be done, but it looks awkward, and it really sucks.