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Thought this was interesting. Across 160 teams of researchers, just about all failed to make good life outcome predictions on things like GPA, evictions, layoffs, and others. Data followed 4.5k families across 15 years, with 13k features (varied over time). Haven't looked at it directly yet, but will be turning the docs and data inside out... In the meantime, authors claim this as showing the limits of ML. Oh, and it's published in PNAS, so you know there's some big publication energy there.
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8398
Hey! Any Google folks know if it’s possible to negotiate fully remote if a contract role is hybrid? Personally, I don’t want to relocate and go to the office on a contract role given the current economy. Plus, I’m assuming contractors are the first to go in layoffs. I just think it’s a fair trade off if I’d be allowed to work fully remote. I’m also trying to have flexibility to manage my Airbnb business in a different country. Same time zone as the home office if I’d travel weeks at a time.
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Don’t forget that these are also crazy, unusual times and being laid off is not a reflection on you or your work! Seems to be unavoidable in a lot of cases but things will turn around. Good luck❤️
Thank you, this lifted my spirits.
Hey, its going to be okay. You'll make it through this stronger, healthier, and better. I've been there too. Its a new beginning.
Thank you, appreciate the encouragement.
I wasn't laid off but ended up switching to a new agency recently and hating it. My whole perception of self was built on being great at my job and I started to doubt myself because felt like I wasn't smart enough or strategic enough. I crashed and ended up suicidal and in the hospital in a locked ward for 10 days. Desperately tried to return to my old position but realized it was toxic and quit without a job for my health. Thought my life was over, but I stayed at home and used the time to rebuild my confidence, go see a therapist, and find drugs that worked. Three months later, I started interviewing and this time my attitude was I'm not taking any bullshit and I deserve better and I don't need a big agency to prove my worth. I actually dropped out of an interview from a CEO that said his diversity strategy was he only hires from MIT. Found a place I love at a small agency that just lets me do my job (no politics). I realized that I am super good at my job, but I can't be in an environment where people try to put me down and play politics. My identify is no longer wrapped up in my job and life is better than it's ever been!
TLDR: you'll get through this
It be that way sometimes. Glad you found your light! Some of these jobs become so toxic but we don’t know how to let go.
Sorry to hear. I lost my job one week per-Covid and my side gig due to Covid. Stay positive! Jobs are still hiring so it seems. Good luck with unemployment though, it’s been a nightmare.
Thank you! Dreading the unemployment process but going to start tomorrow. Good luck to you as well
You’ll be okay. The one thing to know about this industry - they’re fast to lay people off and fast to hire. Get your name out there and you’ll find something
Thank you. Knew the chances are high to get laid off but didn’t think it would happen now. Appreciate the advice.
It's gonna be ok. Even if you're very good, sometimes they let you go. Mostly because they didn't understand how awesome you truly are. And you'll eventually prove then wrong. Obviously.
A lay-off on a conference call...with other coworkers?? HS!
Things will be picking up soon, keep your chin up and stay busy.
Yeah pretty brutal. They also didn’t have the decency to be on video so it was all over a call essentially. Appreciate the words of advice.
It’s happened to me a couple of times and it felt like the absolute end of the world for a little bit but, before I knew it, things were fine again. If you’re a young recent graduate you will have many years to recover both professionally and financially from a temporary setback.
I’m so sorry. Don’t punish yourself for your feelings if they don’t match how you think you “should” feel. Let yourself be not okay.
I’ve been laid off three times in my career. Most recently in December. I just started working again this week and I’m so happy with where I’ve landed.
Keep your head held high. You will rise above this and you will find the next great job and land exactly where you are meant to be. It will make you stronger and you’ll use your experience to build onto the next thing.
Go to LinkedIn and find people in your industry at companies that you aspire to work for and connect with them all. Don’t limit yourself to only connect with only people you know in real life on LinkedIn. Expand your connections by finding people on LinkedIn who are where you’d like to be in roles you can see yourself in.
Better now than when you have kids and a mortgage?
Good perspective, but I’m sure OP still hurts. I got laid off last recession, fresh out of school. At 24, all I wanted was a good job and an inkling of a future. Now at the kids/house stage, and it’s just business as usual. I know who I am, and I know I can get hired again. OP — you’re not alone. Trust the process. It will all work out!!!
I feel for you- I also was let go for the first time in my career 2 weeks ago. They did it in similar fashion — sent out an invite to certain ppl on the sales team with the invite list hidden. I knew right there that was it for me...and sure enough, we got on the Zoom conference call and they let us go together. Talk about brutal. Not to mention the owners of our company didn’t even do the announcement - they made our new head of sales (who mind you, was also let go) do it.
All of this to say, I’m sorry you are going through something similar. It feels awful initially but as days go by I take it as a blessing I’m out of there and look forward to better days soon! :)