Hoping that all the employees that have lost their jobs in the past couple of weeks land softly.  As an older millennial (geriatric?) I distinctly remember the Great Recession which seems to be completely ignored in this article.  I remember going to work and week after week watching my colleagues and clients get laid off.   I remember going to my 10 year reunion and seeing all my old friends who had gone to work on Wall Street back at home in their parents basements.  To say that we haven’t experienced this before is a false narrative.  Tech and tech adjacent companies didn’t survive that time unscathed.  What I am hearing that is different this time is strong severance packages with extended benefits.  It’s as if these companies value these relationships and foresee a future where these employees wind up eligible for re-employment in the future.  This feels like companies don’t want to burn bridges. I expect better of the journalists at the Times.

Hoping that all the employees that have lost their jobs in the past couple of weeks land softly.  As an older millennial (geriatric?) I distinctly remember the Great Recession which seems to be completely ignored in this article.  I remember going to work and week after week watching my colleagues and clients get laid off.   I remember going to my 10 year reunion and seeing all my old friends who had gone to work on Wall Street back at home in their parents basements.  To say that we haven’t experienced this before is a false narrative.  Tech and tech adjacent companies didn’t survive that time unscathed.  What I am hearing that is different this time is strong severance packages with extended benefits.  It’s as if these companies value these relationships and foresee a future where these employees wind up eligible for re-employment in the future.  This feels like companies don’t want to burn bridges. I expect better of the journalists at the Times.

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