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Youvebeeneloned t1_j0y4i80 wrote

Scary headline is scary. The Great Recession barely touched the tech sector. A wet fart would result in more layoffs which is what it’s trying to portray.

Yeah there have been some at big companies, but companies like mine STILL can’t get people into positions in development, security, and sys admin spots.

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hibearmate t1_j0z8jf8 wrote

also, these articles typically define 'tech worker' as anyone who works at a "tech company"

not necessarily workers in a technical field

so if tech companies are laying of HR and marketing people, those are 'tech layoffs'

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EasternAssistance185 t1_j0zyj26 wrote

That’s what I hate about all of this. Tech worker !== SWE with experience… you start looking at those numbers and it’s not even news worthy most of the time. Companies are trimming useless positions that aren’t necessarily required like recruiters.

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louiegumba t1_j10zilx wrote

I’ve always been in operations and engineering .. even during the dotcom days I never once saw a competent coder or sysadmin stay unemployed for more than two weeks

Saw shitloads of marketing guys and especially recruiters grouped in that category and they got laid off and changed jobs or took unemployment

This is the same. Strong skilled workers are always needed and can innovate.

I agree with you

Edit - you also can’t count dipshit CEO’s laying off people when the ceo doesn’t know what they are doing like musk.

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mikasjoman t1_j1165wu wrote

Shit. During dotcom here in Sweden it was ridiculously hard to get a job as a junior SWD. It was so hard I was out of the game for ten years and I have a friend who just got out of uni with a SWD degree and he never got in to the trade. He runs a hot dog stand today.

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Leftblankthistime t1_j0yv8th wrote

Omg everybody panick!!! Right? /s

This is an economics outlet, so where are the long and short term labor statistics about how long it took for those +200k workers to find replacement jobs and where’s the comparison year showing when there was a similar layoff rate.

Garbage article

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Stiggalicious t1_j0zu0vz wrote

Yep one of my friends got layed off from a biomedical startup and she got 2 new job offers within a week. Tech is still hiring like crazy, just not at the companies who overhired during the pandemic and rely entirely on ad revenue to survive.

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Mustard_on_tap t1_j0z44sp wrote

It is scary to the people laid off.

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Youvebeeneloned t1_j0z8pfe wrote

Of course it is, layoffs always are. But headlines like this are meant to scare EVERYONE into thinking its going to happen to them and fuck with the economy.

Its economic manipulation of the highest order with no evidence behind it.

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blunterlotus t1_j0zp2sp wrote

Economic manipulation???? That's a dangerous statement. The writing has been on the wall for a couple years now.

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FerretBusinessQueen t1_j0yuvyi wrote

Same. I’m wondering if it’s related to pay- my company pays well for the area I’m in, but it’s not going to entice anyone needs to pay Cali living expenses to join. Whereas FB sucks but you can make a killing while there.

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Pherllerp t1_j10zfsy wrote

There were also far fewer 'tech workers' in 2008 than now.

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thedoommerchant t1_j14n1b9 wrote

B2B tech sector still seems to be going strong. Hell, I just got promoted and we're hiring more people all the time. I don't let these garbage articles get to me. Just part of the perpetual fear cycle to generate clicks.

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