In tech, company leaders see layoffs as a way to stay efficient, shift priorities and weed out underperformers — while many employees, particularly those with technical skills, assume that finding a new job won't be that hard, and often they're right.
In many cases, the same companies that are laying people off are also still hiring.
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/tech-layoffs-microsoft-amazon-google-corporate-profits
Lawyers, insurance and most all supervisors are all leaches on the leg of life
Once a supervisor for 3 years at XOM, all technical skills are su-ked out of you, literally. I empathize with those folks a little.
Supervisor roles are definitely overrated. Every time an unpopular policy change is announced they say if you have questions go ask your supervisor. Sad thing is they don’t provide any info to the supervisors to help answer questions and supervisors weren’t involved in making the decision to change things.