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Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by spaceman_2020 on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:46PM (#34584497)
Eh, they always have the option of going back to their home countries and use their savings in a vastly stronger currency to tide by. Not to mention that most local markets are very happy to absorb ex-FAANG employees at inflated salaries.

5-8 years of FAANG wages is enough for someone to move back to, say, India, and retire.

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Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by superfrank on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:28PM (#34585105)
For sure moving back home with the savings of a FAANG salary isn't the end of the world, but it still has to be terrible to uproot your entire life and move across the world in such a short period of time.

It's very possible moving back home means pulling kids out of school, leaving friends, and your partner having to quit their job. None of that is fun or easy.

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