How do you stay motivated at work when there’s hiring freezes/layoffs in your industry? Can’t get a new job as other companies aren’t hiring, but yours might get cut too

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Always save at least 6 months of monthly expenses. You can only do so much.

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Why worry about something not in your control? It’s like worrying about a potential tornado or earthquake! Live your life, remain focused on work, and don’t worry about it.

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Hiring freeze for ds?

You can try to see where would be more opportunities in the near future, maybe you can learn some new useful skills ;)

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