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Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl... by Patrol8394 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:38PM (#34255195)
> “people are our most important resource”

Did you ever believe it?

It makes me throw up every time I see corporate messages speaking of family and employees being their most important resource.

I have been around for long enough and I have learned that a job is just a contract between parties and it exists for as long as both parties can benefit from it.

Don't get caught up in the whole companies family kind of bs or get too emotionally and culturally attached to your employer. Always be on the look up for opportunities and take them.

Never stop learning and investing in yourself. Knowledge and experience are your most important asset, keep nurturing them.

Also, I wanted to believe that a good chunk of these layoffs should have seen this coming. One must be aware at all time of how valuable (if at all) are for their employer.

Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl... by vgel on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:54PM (#34255293)
> It makes me throw up every time I see corporate messages speaking of family and employees being their most important resource.

Relevant joke:

An engineer is messaging with her boss on Slack after hours. The boss is talking about how his brother is in the hospital.

The engineer asks "What are you gonna do?" and the boss responds "Well, he is family..."

The engineer says "You're gonna make him come in on weekends?!"

Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl... by rightbyte on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:33AM (#34258075)
"The engineer says 'What? Should I just let him go?'"

There might be a joke in there somewhere. But your version have bugs.