What is the saddest thing that you have ever heard happen at your office?

Sad story... Anyone else you know of who has been affected ? https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/indian-microsoft-employee-laid-off-after-21-years-for-service-says-it-is-hitting-him-hard-2323719-2023-01-19 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/husband-wife-deal-with-layoff-on-social-media/articleshow/97156717.cms

Got impacted in the layoff at Sharechat today after working 4+years here. Got the news an hour back and have not shared this with anyone in my family yet. I am sad and have to share this news with my fiancee and in-laws today. Tell them why I have to cancel vacation plans and look out for a job instead. I am into an arranged married and my in-laws are very conservative and don't understand tech work culture, I don't know how they will take the news of a layoff. I'm anticipating they will be shocked, her asshole brother-in-law will even make fun of me. To make it worse the fault is mine for believing I won't be laid off when my company was not doing well. I thought it would not happen to me and never looked out in advance. Fuck 2023. What a shit show Christmas.

Has anybody here experienced a layoff that has kept up your love for the company. I’ve had a bad one that was done in 30 mins with a meagre severance and assets/accesses removed in 10 mins with a legal binding about a non social media disclosure Not mentioning which company for obvious reasons.

It was a pretty tense situation at the office. Nearly all engineering managers were laid off, most of the SDE-2s who were not the core engineering team and a lot of SDE-1s who had just joined this year. Even the interns were let go today. Pretty scary scenario today. Just putting out an update. Apparently it was done to please the investors for the next series of funding. Can't say for sure though.

How the HRs react if you tell them you were laid off, please share your experience? Also, what other reason we can give for looking out for change in less than 5 months?

Heard from a friend that he flew out to his office in the middle of the night from his wedding because mortgage backed securities started to crumble in NA during ’07 crisis. Dude was bummed.

I've been laidoff, searching for a job. Had stepped out for a walk and I saw my school teacher crossing the road from the other side. I, being a person who always talks to people, turned my face and sneaked away, not having the confidence to tell someone that I'm unemployed if asked. Feels bad. 🥲

With news of layoffs coming every day since the last couple of years i was wondering if there is anyone who has been laid off multiple times in their career Share your story here if you would like to .

A very senior manager who barely drinks, got too pumped up during our offsite. Started ordering shots for everyone, one after the other. We had never seen him dance, and somehow, he was the person who danced the most that night. Eventually, he started openly cursing at a partner (in a playful way, but could easily be non playful), and somebody recorded this. I think the video circulated, and it's been weird for him since. What's your best story?