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Potato_Octopi t1_j5dfcr7 wrote

Reply to comment by DisconnectedDays in The dichotomy of FT by Johs92

Household debt isn't in a bad spot. It's historically low relative to income.

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CaptainStonks t1_j5e823y wrote

Not if your laid off and your income is zero.

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Potato_Octopi t1_j5eo5q6 wrote

If you're laid off your income doesn't fall to zero.

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Matt_Riley2010 t1_j5eyhp3 wrote

Please explain how to be laid off and not make 0 I live in an at will state and makes it impossible for unemployment.

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WhynotstartnoW t1_j5h95nz wrote

>Please explain how to be laid off and not make 0 I live in an at will state and makes it impossible for unemployment.

If you're laid off due to staff reductions and not fired for cause, your employer is literally telling the state you qualify for unemployment insurance benefits.

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Beasting-25-8 t1_j5edl0e wrote

You're*

If you're fired from Google, most likely, it's going to be easy to find a new job. Unemployment is still at rock bottom.

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PotatoWriter t1_j5ef0gf wrote

Interviewing in tech is still a huge pain in the ass. Not everyone is from Google, don't know why you picked the cream of the crop to represent the average tech worker lmao

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trowawee1122 t1_j5figji wrote

> She had to do 32 hours of interviews and assessments with 12 different people before she was told whether or not she got the job.

That sounds like a tremendous waste of resources.

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TX_CastIron t1_j5fwlh1 wrote

Agreed. I had a VP position at a major US bank and my interview was an hour at a Starbucks with an SVP and a couple 15 minute meetings with the other VPs. I had previous dealings with that group as a banker at another firm and I wasn't totally unknown, but still... I miss the 90s.

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WhynotstartnoW t1_j5hasxx wrote

>Interviewing is a huge pain in the ass, regardless of role.

I'm a plumber. every interview I had, apart from my initiation as an apprentice, was an informal ~10-15 conversation. I got one job while leaning my forehead against the sales counter at a wholesale parts warehouse, when a dude walked up and told the counter guys to refer anyone looking for a job to him, and I raised my hand and said I'd take the job, less than a minute unscheduled interview to get that job.

Another interview; I had just gotten my $15 bowl of chicken noodle soup with zesta crackers at a ski resort lodge and sat down at a random table. Guys at the table were talking about their projects in the resort town. I pulled a PBR out of my jacked pocket, cracked it open, and I butted in to asked "you need a plumber...?". They asked "You got a license?", and I was like "yeah I got a license." Pulled my master plumber endorsement card out of the wallet and slapped it on the table. $45/hr with full benefit suite, that job lasted 4.5 years before I rage quit.

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