Are these layoffs for real real? I just received an offer today. Should I not take it and stay at my current employer?

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Who’s to say your current employer won’t have layoffs? Are you truly that invaluable there? Are you a long-tenured employee?

Maybe the new company is more financially healthy? Would your salary be significantly higher where you can save more in the meantime?

So many variables…

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When did the “it’s never good to change jobs during a recession” narrative become so prevalent. I disagree with that entirely. Yes, newer folks are sometimes one of the first to go (although I’d say older, more expensive people tend to go first), but a company that’s hiring typically indicates it’s financially healthy.

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Take both jobs lol

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Yes, they are. My company just let go of around 20 or so people to right size the company with current sales.

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I think the fact that the place you got an offer from is still actively hiring and extending offers is a good sign, no? Why hire just to lay off?

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Lots of companies have actually done this. Some have rescinded offers, or delayed start days

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What kind of question is this? You think the news about layoffs are fake news?

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Not fake news but definitely overblown and purposely conflated with hiring slowdowns. The layoffs have mostly been at poorly run startups who were only surviving because of cheap capital.

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Unemployment is 3.6% and the last jobs report shows hiring is red hot.

The data is so clear that any stories of layoffs are either anecdotal or confirmation bias

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