2025 is deemed the year of layoffs. That’s what a hiring manager told me jokingly the other day. Time to squeeze the oranges hard as you possibly can until it’s about the burst! I think everyone is terrified. I certainly am. It’s infuriating. You work hard, do everything you’re supposed to do, and you lose no matter what happens
Even from the point of view of a heartless capitalist, layoffs should be a shame upon the employer.
Layoffs say: “I don’t know how to make money with these people. And I hired them anyway.”
That’s a double shame. First that your business isn’t robust enough to grow even with additional resources. Second, what were you thinking?