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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by idopmstuff on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:24AM (#34532799)
I completely disagree. Not all job losses are the same, and visa status makes an enormous difference in the consequences of losing one's job.

I've been laid off. At the time, I had plenty of savings and nobody depending on me besides my dog. I took some time off and was later able to find a new job. The company didn't have any H-1Bs at the time, but if it did they certainly would've been in a much worse situation than I was and clearly more deserving of empathy.

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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by RohMin on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:31AM (#34532915)
I feel that the original post rubbed me the wrong way. The whole "others have it worse, so toughen up" doesn't serve to help anyone.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by scarface74 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:36AM (#34533006)
When I was laid off, I had four months worth of savings and could scraped by longer. No matter how much money that my coworkers had that are here on H1B, they had to find a job no matter what.

Did you feel any empathy when the Disney CEO was fired with a multi million dollar severance package? Things are different for different people.

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