#pessimism

I think being laid off at this point wouldn't be such a bad thing, considering the current state of SF.

And we'll pay the price. What happened last week will look small compared to what’s coming, because everyone keeps throwing all their eggs into a basket that has yet to show any real results. There’s only so long you can get by on buzzwords and promises without anything to actually back it up.

Intel is now a government guided sh-t pile. Soon even the government will realize it is not worth keeping afloat.

When the acquisition of Albertsons fell through, I celebrated, because I thought we were saved from layoffs. We all knew it would be bad if the merger went through, but since it didn't, we were good. It's not so good to wake up one day and realize how stupid you've been.

I got comfortable during the good years, then just kept adapting as the crises piled up. Now I realize I’m completely fed up. And of course, it hits me at the worst possible time, when the options out there are practically nonexistent. I have no one to blame but myself for waiting this long, but that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow. It feels like I’ve wasted years hanging on, and now I’m stuck in a place that does me no good whatsoever, and will most likely only get worse. I’m just ranting here, but I suspect the vast majority of us feel the same.

Nope. It’s only made me feel more desperate. I’ve poured so much time and effort into the search, and I’m getting nothing back. Just crickets. What’s going on? I actually have a strong resume with specialized skills that are supposedly in demand, yet I haven’t been contacted once. If this is the reality, then we’re all totally sc--wed.

If you think it is, you're being incredibly naive. We'll get a month or two reprieve before more cuts are announced. And that's how it's going to be from now on. The writing's on the wall, people.

Get out while you can no one is safe atp

This company is going under, line something else up and leave before the ship sinks completely. The stock is at low $20s now as a hard ceiling. Pretty soon there will be nothing left. The company made the decision to bleed out its cash cows instead of grow and expand.

cancel your car bookigs, subscriptions, home bookings, tech folks are being cheated by govt and firms.
Prices jacked up to su-k all our pay and leave us vulnerable and exploitable.