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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by koheripbal on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:33PM (#33597681)
Unemployment is still near historic lows.
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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by rabuse on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:58PM (#33598082)
I'm sure the thousands of people layed off and their families affected really care about that "record low unemployment".
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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by bolt7469 on Monday November 14, 2022 @01:07PM (#33598237)
Those people received generous severance packages, on top of government unemployment benefits.
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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by dgfitz on Monday November 14, 2022 @02:48PM (#33599885)
> Those people received generous severance packages...

How do you know this? I think its a bit of a stretch to say _everyone_ who has been laid off because of a looming recession has been given a package, unless you just meant the short list of tech in the very specific area of SV. If so I would encourage you to broaden your horizons to think of more than just tech.

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Re:Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees by sqeaky on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:52PM (#33600838)
If I am to be laid off, I would rather it happen while unemployment is low. This should make it easier to get a new job.

I still sympathize with these people, it sucks to be laid off. They are losing their jobs because someone at Amazon screwed up or took risks the laid off person couldn't control.

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