We need a fucking tech worker union. Maybe several to cover our bases? "Tech worker" is pretty damned broad.

I work for a great software dev. I won't describe the place because lemmings will tell me such a company is not possible. :)

But I see what goes on at these giants like FANG, and it's appalling. Americans would not have put up with this shit several decades back.

We're treated like a disposable commodity. Profits down a bit? Go home. Profits up a bit? Hire 'em back!

And for those not in the sector, there's a reason they get away with this shit, and it's honestly not too bad for us:

Every time we jump ship and move, we get paid loads more. LOADS. Not sure I've heard of someone taking a cut.

Salesforce laid off about 10% of its workforce earlier this year, but now CEO Marc Benioff is encouraging those people to apply to fill its 3,000-plus open roles.

American corporatism is truly mindboggling.

How can someone be a CEO when he cannot think a 9 month ahead? Also nobody can tell me that this is economic in the slightest.

Write a year of guaranteed severance (w/benefits) into my contract

Non paywall link: https://archive.ph/7nfAX

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Tech companies have laid off nearly 245,000 workers this year alone, per tracker Layoffs.fyi, and Silicon Valley heavyweights like Meta and Salesforce have led the pack, each culling thousands of jobs apiece.

“As the labor market has softened over the past year…some regrets are inevitable,” Aaron Terrazas, chief economist at Glassdoor, tells Fortune.

Salesforce laid off about 10% of its workforce earlier this year, but now CEO Marc Benioff is encouraging those people to apply to fill its 3,000-plus open roles.

As for Meta, after laying off about a quarter of its workforce, jobs are open again, and the company has even constructed a specialty “alumni portal” for boomerangs looking to cut the line.

“I know if you get PIPed out or fired you are basically added to a ‘do not hire’ list but what happens with a layoff?” the poster wrote, referring to performance improvement plans.

“Rehiring employees means saving on recruitment costs, onboarding, and training, and they bring the benefit of newfound knowledge from their most recent employment experience,” Ryan Wong, CEO of software firm Visier, wrote on LinkedIn last year.

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