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Re:Laying off George by ardell on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @11:52PM (#400574)
Terrible situation, sorry to hear about it. Brm, you're exactly right, as truly high-quality employees are let go from failing big companies it creates unbelievable opportunities for startups to pick them up.

It's true no matter whether you work for a small company or large company--if you do something that's valuable to someone, you won't go hungry.

Re:Laying off George by delano on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @09:28AM (#400926)
Don't forget about the added sting of having worked on Flickr from the beginning. She was an employee of Ludicorp before being an employee of Yahoo.