Recession? Thoughts? Who was around in 2009? Half of my class got laid off

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Wouldn't know I was too busy kicking down doors in Iraq at that time trying to figure out what the fuck I wanted to do with my life

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I graduated in 2009... went straight to grad school lol

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I was in manufacturing back then, weekly layoffs of people that had been with the company for decades while I stuck around as a 23 year old recent grad was uncomfortable. This doesn't feel at all like then, I see a quick rebound and steady climb through summer

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I was getting promoted to SA then. They were laying off folks every Friday. Now feels different since we hired too many people last year, but still times are not good.

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I was in college! 😛

Brexit is going to trigger lot of concern

I was at a different firm. Luckily I was very young and naive, went about my business and sort of ignored the whole thing.

I like EY2's optimism. The EU needs the UK so the terms won't be onerous. Or maybe the queen will just tell her subjects to eff off!

I was around. About 1 in 4 ppl in my office got laid off, mostly at the Senior and Manager level, leaving behind a bunch of SM and junior staff.

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