/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>53872456
i lost my job last week. Dont know what to do honestly. Neet bucks wont even pay for rent. Im fucked.

Many ppl currently loosing their job, sadly

>>53872456
Just don't care. Get laid (off) and get paid severance.

>>53872456
Still not selling

>>53872456
My company’s upper management is a revolving door of retards that come and go every two years. Last week, they slashed internal valuation by half and laid off 50 people
Ive already started leetcoding

>>53872456
I'm worried that it won't be an actual layoff, but a mandatory call back to the office.
This tactic means if you can't come into the office then it will be considered voluntary quitting and they don't have to pay shit.
It's genius, but of the malevolent kind.

>>53872456
not super worried yet but I am WFH and I've had increasingly less revenue driving work to do. I don't think they would sack me quite yet but I do always feel worried and the fact that my mom is CONSTANTLY bugging me for shit and distracting me doesn't help matters either. Boss had nothing to say but positive things last time i had my review a month ago though so probably not a big deal.

>>53872456
my company laid off about 10 people just before i was hired.

im replacing the useless cunts they got rid of

>>53872456
not really. work in tech and live below my means. if worst comes to worse I will just work at the retail place I did before I got my tech job and security part-time at nights. eventually ill recover. life isnt always going to be easy boys.

>>53872590
They have to fire you if you don’t quit.

>>53872456
kek private wagies
>work for fed agency
>pay is shit, ~60k, BUT
>will never get fired unless i rape and murder a coworker
>get government housing; 3 bedroom house with fenced backyard full garage etc only costs me $350 a month
>this allows me to save and invest ~75% of income every year
>when theres nothing to do at work I get paid to browse 4chan and do nothing
>live and work at remote facility in the middle of a beautiful forest
>never have to worry about market forces making me lose my job
its pretty comfy desu bros take the fed pill

>>53874030
>get government housing; 3 bedroom house with fenced backyard full garage etc only costs me $350 a month

i'm assuming you live in europe or some shit because this literally does not exist in the jewnited states.

>>53874113
I live in the us big dawg. It blew my mind when i found out how cheap the gov housing they offer here was. It is remote in forest but not crazily remote. Closest town is half hour away and has studio apartments for rent starting at like 1200 kek

>>53872590
Many unemployment offices would see this as constructive dismissal and grant you benefits anyways. You can just talk to the person on the phone and really stress how it was just impossible to come back in the office because XYZ reason (caring for a family member, moving away from the job, pain and suffering whatever)

>>53874030
what agency?

>>53874291
forest service

>>53873909
>>53874175
IDK, it reminds me of the vaxx situation back when every company was mandating it. The way the company mandate was written was you either took the vaxx or the company took your refusal as voluntarily quitting.
t. unvaxxed

>>53874030
what job/department/state?

>>53872456
Not worried. I have it written into my contract if they lay me off, all shares due to me vest immediately plus 6 months wages. We had a round of layoffs at Christmas and I was actually kinda hoping it would be me as I would love to get all my shares and fuck off around the world for a year or two

>>53872456
I got layed off mid jan just got a contract for a new position it's 2k less pay though

>>53874030
I just snagged a fully remote gs13 position WAGMI

>>53874030
>literal glowie
Get fucked.

>>53877651
in what industry?

>>53874320
>forest service
Nice

>>53874152
But the downside is you live next to niggers right?

>>53872456
I got laid off in Nov and have been dicking around since. I have a part time software job (that is slow on paying) 1099 so some income kinda coming in.
Some of my options
>1
Get another W2
>2
Ask current part time to go back to full time W2 with raise (currently only getting $36/hr, never asked because cash flows are shit but I love the job)
>3
Get my PhD from free scholarship
>4
Focus on side project that maybe makes money
>5
Ask for 1099 for raise to say $50-60/hr, find new clients

I will probably do 3 and 4 regardless, especially a lucrative side business/project is the only way I make it, but out of 1,2,4,5 which is the best? Its just shitty that the current job has shit cash flows. I used to be full time but they got slow on paying and never felt like I could ask for a raise because they could barely pay me as is but its 3 of us and the environment so super relaxed. I can fuck off one day and boss doesnt even care

>>53872456
That's why you should have Fuck You money, anon. At least 6 month's worth of expenses, maybe even close to a year in this economy

>>53872456
Install a backdoor on your company's servers and blackmail them with ransomware.

Ideally wait until you've been fired a few months

>>53872456
its 2023 and you still have a job? holy fuck boomer

>>53872456
Boss comes to me to understand how bad the Zionist are fucking is whites.
Now understand wrong side won the war .
It's called job security

>>53874152
what agency do you work for? your situation is very rare in that the vast majority of fed jobs do not offer this benefit. fed wagies bitch and cry all the time about how shitty pay is in major cities like los angeles or DC, even with the locale adjustments.

>>53872456
No, ive been layed off or fired like 3 times in the last 5 years and I always make sure I have enough money on hand that it doesn't matter. In fact I haven't worked 9 months and still have 100k liquid.

>>53881705
Basically what this guy's said. Also whenever I'm going into a meeting with HR I make sure to watch this clip of John Goodman. You know, to put me in my element.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rJjKP8vYjpQ

>>53872456
I got fired last month due to "performance" despite being top performer in the dept. Honestly just pure office politics but it seems everything in tech is collapsing. Trust your gut fren, I knew I was on the chopping block when I was handed a toxic project during the summer and mgmt kept changing project scope and deadlines at the last minute every other week. If you really think this is it, start your exit plan or hop for severance like this guy said. >>53872507


>>53873857
Strangely comforting. Thank you anon.

>>53881331
Best of luck fren. I might go this route but I'll be honest I'm not sure i'm ready for freelancing just yet but circumstances has forced my hand to at least pay a few bills.
>t.digital marketing

>>53878969
He said in the middle of the forest. His neighbors are bears.

Got fired 6 months ago for being a drunk bastard at work and lost everything, 6 months later I’m just a drunk bastard in my parents basement enjoying the neet life

>>53884772
>trust your gut

This so much, I knew I was on the chopping block for months by gut feel and when the day came the axe finally fell, I knew it, everyone acted weird in the morning meeting that day, I knew in my gut I was getting fired

>>53886106
Cheers to you fellow druk!
I became a functioning alcoholic because of work. Wish I could kick the habit but the day to day has become too much to bear. Just one drink to ease into the nights, ya know.

>>53886471
Cheers! I also did whippits, mushrooms, jacked off and smoked weed constantly on the job

>>53872456
My company has started moving the phone fellas abroad because it's 5 times cheaper. I'm scared bros

>>53886608
Utterly based. Good luck in your travels fren

>>53872590
“Oh I can’t come in today, I’ve got COVID. Remember that thing we are all still worried about? Yeah I’ll be in next week when I’m better.”
>1 week later
“It’s the damndest thing, I’m still testing positive! I just can’t risk it I’m sorry. See you next week.”
Rinse and repeat until fired. Gg no re

>>53874326
Also unvaxxed here. Both jobs tried to make me quit. All you do is declare a religious exemption and dare them to say anything. Don’t sign shit. Don’t agree to shit. Give them your declaration of exemption. If HR gets involved then bring lawyers with you. I kept both my jobs easy.

Half the company can’t operate without my department.
They’re desperate to get new blood in before all the boomers retire and take their expertise with them. It’s the ultimate in job security.

>>53889087
>new blood
Probably 50% of my company is boomers and they are still hiring, this is probably why, they're still doing a back to the office push though so who knows.
>(((20RAH)))

>>53884772
Sorry anon, I feel that. I was the knowledge base for our most important project too but was still let go. I'm sure you'll do fine freelancing, only question is getting the clients

Shit man I'm actually hoping to get laid off

i can’t wait till election year and hopefully biden pulls some shit on the oil industry so i can get that sweet sweet unemployment

>>53891666
forgive me father ;(

>>53872456
>>53873857
I’m in tech and the collapse has everyone on edge. I got my m1 writing me up for not creating group chats (I made teams channels). Batshit.
I think the only thing that’s kept me from being laid off is that I changed my ethnicity to Latino and self-identified with a disability. Gotta play the game…

>>53891856
What disability? How did you claim it?

>>53891894
>What disability? How did you claim it?
act retarded (difficult for an anon, I know). Tell them that the WEF wants to kill you and make you eat bugs. Tell them you have 'anxiety' and 'depression' about doing things your parents found normal and just did anyway. Tell them you feel crippling pain throughout your body whenever you have to work. You're socially awkward and you feel like everyone is against you but you also know that this is something wrong with you (don't fuck up too much or they'll know instantly). Stamp your feel when you walk in, scratch your hair constantly, don't look them in the eye. Claim that only weed calms you down and that you escape to online realities and play vidya to calm down and feel at ease. Tell them you have an imaginary waifu (take printouts). If you really want to go off the charts, drop a hit of acid if you can get it before you meet with a therapist/psychologist/MD. Tell them you think there's a global conspiracy against you and everyone else.

>>53891894
In the US you don’t have to claim anything specific. HR has a general yes/no question that asks if you have or have previously had a disability and they list things like anxiety/depression, adhd, mobility, etc.
I told my cunt boss that I have a learning disability when she lectured me about my emotional intelligence.

>>53892049
>>53891992
I dont think I can act all crazy, I do software development and generally my personality is the thing that nets me jobs and aces interviews, but I do have social anxiety. Used to not be able to look myself in the mirror until college (even though I was captain of the football team, just very socially awkward). I still feel anxiety in social situations. Does that count as one?

>>53872456
Nothing to worry about when I never had a job.

>>53872720
Kek I'm in the same boat. Company dumped all their engineering staff during COVID. Hired me 6 months ago to fix everything they fucked up

>>53872456
Nah, my company is hiring. If they laid me off they'd have to buy me out $800k too.

>>53892141
You don’t need any justification, just check the box you sperg

>>53892141
I'm a totally sane man. But even I can learn from my sperg frens and learn what society deems as dysfunctional now. You just have to put on the mask and be someone you're not. For an hour or so. Think of it like being on the stage, or in front of the camera. Those people are not who they seem to be. They are a persona. We can each take on a new persona if we need to. Like when you change jobs and you say ok, i wont be "that guy" any more and I won't say this or that because I learned from my mistakes. Well you can learn to be someone else too. You can learn to be that person that can't handle life as most people do. You can create a new personality within you that can be what the textbook tells some chud MD out of med school is dysfunctional. But if all else fails, peepeepoopoo fren. Go crazy. The world wants to kill you remember?

>>53892225
So if you check that box when applying, thats it? They see that and never ask any questions?
>>53892298
Good point anon, I get what you mean. I feel this mask I put on in interviewers. I channel this bubbly kinda energy and pour outgoingness. It doesnt feel real, its this elevated outgoing version of me. I should learn to channel that more in creative ways then