Are you afraid of losing your jobs at SAS due to layoffs in 2025 or anytime?
Will you be able to handle the job loss? What have you done to prepare for it?
Let me hear your stories and thoughts. By the way, good luck to everyone.
I don't really want to see people lose their livelihoods. The economy is bad and will get even worse so people may not be able to get new jobs easily since the private sector and tech sector are laying off too and so many federal employees got the layoffs.
The competition for jobs will be fierce with so many unemployed . There are hard physical labor jobs most of us Americans don't want to do.
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@az+1jnbt6kmy：Can't agree any more the only thing I wait is VRBP
Who knew SAS has a Russian spy inside our midst. :-)
@jf+1jnbt6kmy That was a whole lot of assumptions and simplification of the posters comment. You be you.
Я не мог бы сказать лучше, мой друг. Продолжай в том же духе.
"Fear of being laid off? A little, but doesn’t compare with fear of what’s currently happening in the US and world."
No kidding! Scary stuff going on!
Eliminating waste and fraud in government -- absolutely terrifying!!!
Trying to stop the Russia-Ukraine war -- you have got to be f* kidding me!!!
Keeping men out of women's sports -- what kind of fascist are you anyhow?!!!
Not allowing adults to mutilate young kid's bodies -- I can't believe anyone could be against this. Scary, scary stuff.
doesn’t compare with fear of what’s currently happening
Don’t be an id1ot. Just don’t look up!
Fear of being laid off? A little, but doesn’t compare with fear of what’s currently happening in the US and world.
looks like the serial downvoter is back. Lots of -3 and -5 counts.
You're welcome! Here is another good one:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/jobs-unemployment-big-freeze/681831/
Thank you for the link.
I am afraid of SAS layoffs , not for me (already out) but for my former colleagues still working at SAS. Prepare the best you can with emergency funds and keep your skills and resumes updated. Best of luck to all.
I know ten people laid off from SAS. Seven of them decided to consider it early retirement. They were all in their late 50s or 60s.
Two laid off in their mid-50s have found work. One in his 40s is still looking.
I agree with @ea+1jnbt6kmy, the tech job market is tough right now. The economy may not have fully digested the layoffs of 2022-2024.
Best of luck to all!
https://layoffs.fyi/
already left so fear isn't tied to the SAS layoffs, but I am afraid of all the general layoffs going on. retirement plans are underway, and a layoff at least likely comes with a very small (in the USA) severance package that would cushion the exit (in a very small way). the financial markets seem volatile and risk off with all the news, so factor in a longer emergency period for finding your next job or for the early years of retirement. good luck, all.
Why on earth would anyone downvote that comment?
If you downvoted it, please explain why.
The commenter raises a good point. Estimate how long it will take you to find another job that suites your salary target. Your emergency fund needs to be large enough to pay your expenses for that amount of time.
“ I'm the OP that asked this question. I assure you I am not a reporter at all. Just a former long-time SAS employee who long retired and is very concern for the current workers remaining at SAS who may lose their jobs if/when there is a mass layoff . I am someone who loves SAS and hates anything bad happening to SAS, at SAS, and to all SAS workers.
I am just curious if people are really prepared for it. That's all.”
Way to go with all the -1 to that post folks. So much to hate about that comment right? You are sad tragic anonymous internet creatures…
@eb+1jnbt6kmy
I'm the OP that asked this question. I assure you I am not a reporter at all. Just a former long-time SAS employee who long retired and is very concern for the current workers remaining at SAS who may lose their jobs if/when there is a mass layoff . I am someone who loves SAS and hates anything bad happening to SAS, at SAS, and to all SAS workers.
I am just curious if people are really prepared for it. That's all.
The sounds like a reporter asking this question
I think some of you are drastically underestimating how bad the white collar job market is right now. It’s at least as bad as 2008-2009, maybe worse for tech. If you are laid off, expect at least a 12 month search period for a new job.
Nah, I would welcome it. That or a VRBP, even if the terms were the same as a layoff.
efforts to drastically cut federal spending and slash the federal workforce are already having an impact in North Carolina
The impact is concentrated in the Research Triangle region of the state, which spans Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-funding-cuts-usaid-nih-north-carolina-invs/index.html
I’ve always saved and lived well within my means. But even so the idea of layoffs is terrifying. Having been at SAS for a long long time it is part of me.
I’ve been able to keep my skills modern and sharp so finding something shouldn’t be that hard assuming no ageism. But that is a big assumption.
“ I'm not worried because my daddy gave me a whole department to run. I get to pick the people I like and dislike and cascade my decisions from there.”
Someone is childish and reeks of jealousy. Making sh-t up. Work hard and be good at what you do.
I am not afraid of a layoff. I do not borrow money, and have no debt. I saved an emergency fund to last as long as needed. Frankly I am in a good position to leave if given an incentive (VRBP) to do so. Otherwise, I'm more afraid of not leaving.