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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by pmoriarty on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:38AM (#33465004)
"if they're skilled and useful – as every person should always strive to be – they'll be fine"

And if they're not?

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by throwaway4aday on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:47AM (#33465074)
Welfare and food stamps.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by kgwgk on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:10AM (#33466028)
Many of them have been paid a high enough multiple of the median household income in the state (which is less than 80k) for long enough - they’ll be fine.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by xyzzy4747 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:25AM (#33466276)
They can always move back in with their parents, or worst case get a plot of land and start subsistence farming.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:42AM (#33466542)
And if they are not, they should have been fired a long time ago.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by croak3r on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:26AM (#33468289)
Then they only have themselves to blame.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by fnimick on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:36AM (#33468459)
So in your world, if someone doesn't have a useful skill, they deserve to be destitute?
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by alex_sf on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:57PM (#33471924)
Not making 500k in a job you're incompetent at != being destitute.