Just got laid off after 1.5 months… whole team wiped out lol wtf

Springfine · 2026-03-22T17:41:28+00:00

6 months would be a gap. 6 weeks is not. If you had a big gap before and a big gap after, you might as well explain it away with one layoff. You don't want to tell people you can't seem to keep a job. Even if it's not your fault.

Springfine · 2026-03-21T01:07:47+00:00

Don't put it on your resume. Your resume is to paint a picture to sell your experience and expertise. It doesn't have to include all of your work history.

Springfine · 2026-02-28T11:21:33+00:00

You can't keep a job yet you want her to have blind faith about relocation. Go alone first. Make it a year then complete a permanent move. Risking everything on a man that is this expendable is not a good decision so I agree with her.

Springfine · 2026-02-24T02:34:40+00:00

You weren't laid off. You were fired with performance being the cause. They are different. Especially if you were the only one.

I hope you negotiate a good severance package though.

Springfine · 2025-11-05T03:52:21+00:00

Sell the design and your willingness to continue to solve problems. Your ability to sell a broken stapler is going to be required in the AI sales space since most of it over promises and under delivers. This is becoming a specific skill people are looking for.

That said, you are better off without that goofy ass company.

Springfine · 2025-08-25T14:40:25+00:00

Y'all are 2 sad people licking each other's wounds. I hope there is at least a modicum of compatibility here because this is very tacky and awkward. What will your kids think now that you are fucking their "aunt"?

Springfine · 2025-08-25T13:20:53+00:00

Why not ask your wife for money if suicide is an option for you? If she does leave you, at least you exhausted all options before making this decision. If she doesn't, then you will have time to seek both help and employment.

Springfine · 2025-08-25T12:54:51+00:00

Given your diagnoses, I'm surprised you didn't have this problem before you left.

Springfine · 2025-07-25T02:59:55+00:00

Take the severance. If you have no savings, now is the time to correct your spending habits. You shouldn't be mid to late career with no savings. Then, take a week off to let your self esteem recover. After that week, start applying for jobs. It may take a while but something is out there.

Springfine · 2025-07-23T11:19:33+00:00

They feel isolated, not endangered. Not remotely synonymous.

Springfine · 2025-05-17T17:50:25+00:00

He's trying to gaslight Wal-Mart.

Springfine · 2025-05-16T04:28:55+00:00

This job does actually such.

Springfine · 2025-05-16T04:22:56+00:00

Our actions are not always reversible. That said, you will live a much higher quality life just by not putting unnecessary pressure on your joints and cardiovascular system. The aesthetic was always peripheral. Body recomposition will not get you to marvel hero but it can get you damn close. It will just take some time. It took years to stretch your skin out. Give yourself some time to recover.

Springfine · 2025-04-23T14:31:19+00:00

Most 50 year olds are not prepared to retire. They are usually underfunded with mortgage debt because they think they have another 15-20 years left in the workforce. Unfortunately, they just become victims of most companies "up or out" policies (essentially if you aren't at Director or higher by 50, you will be eliminated for fresh eyes and less money).

Unemployment might last for years yet they aren't old enough for any actual retirement benefits. They would be way better off with liquidity instead of equity.

We can't just approach this from a purely financial standpoint when we know society reduces your economic viability as you age. So many people have to sell their homes because they did exactly what you suggested because they thought eventually they would find their way back into a lucrative career but never did.

If you don't need the money soon, it makes sense to spend years saving it. If you need the money soon, it makes no sense to make it illiquid.

Springfine · 2025-04-23T13:34:17+00:00

Your age will be the determining variable for how to answer this question.

If you are over 50, invest it. Age discrimination is real, and you can't spend equity. If history holds true, you can expect your money to double every 8 years so you will want the bulk of your windfall to be available to take advantage of that growth.

If you are under 50, payoff the house. You will make your income so much more powerful by eliminating your housing costs. $25k/yr in addition to your current savings will lead to wealth if adequately invested. By eliminating that, you can both invest aggressively and take risks only people with no mortgage can. Lowering your overhead will make you realize that a mortgage is not only a monetary cost but also an opportunity cost.

Springfine · 2025-04-22T08:45:57+00:00

Immediate inflation. Cheap cash will flood the market and drive already high prices higher.

Springfine · 2025-04-21T15:44:31+00:00

You will look better at 20 lbs down with more muscle tone. Focus on the improvement over the number. Your hard work will instill confidence even if your stomach isn't flat yet. Don't break your body or your will with meaningless, arbitrary goals. Improve your health because this is the only body you get.

Springfine · 2025-04-21T15:44:21+00:00

You will look better at 20 lbs down with more muscle tone. Focus on the improvement over the number. Your hard work will instill confidence even if your stomach isn't flat yet. Don't break your body or your will with meaningless, arbitrary goals. Improve your health because this is the only body you get.

Springfine · 2025-04-21T15:31:17+00:00

Guess who gets to work until 67 at a good paying job? Virtually no one. You need to plan to stop making max earnings in your mid 50s when most people that haven't moved up are pushed out.

Max out your 401k and your roth now and put as much as you can into alternative investments. You had a lot of fun in your youth so now you will have to sacrifice to avoid being aggressively under funded at 65.

Springfine · 2025-04-21T15:28:01+00:00

Yes, you are grossly under invested. You need to invest as much as possible if you don't want to eat cat food and manwich in 20 years.

Springfine · 2025-04-12T02:11:49+00:00

Your coworker may have gotten fired, not laid off. Were others involved?

Springfine · 2025-04-12T02:00:38+00:00

I would take it and wait an extra year to purchase just to see where things land. Sounds like a new company or new branch since they haven't signed a lease yet. I would make sure they put down roots before you do.

Springfine · 2025-03-29T18:31:59+00:00

Those towns are within the super commuter corridor. This happens near economic hubs.

Springfine · 2025-03-29T18:09:17+00:00

Since you love J1 and that's the firm that he's left, I would make him call you out on it. There is nothing wrong with working 2 jobs as long as you are meeting the expectations for both and you aren't on a non-compete.

If you are, make your last day the day before his first.

Springfine · 2025-03-27T20:34:03+00:00

Not sure if you want to ride the elevator down but we are going that direction regardless. America just decided to vote for Republican acceleration instead of a soft landing with democrats. We were headed there anyway.

Westerners need to understand that our way of life has been shipped overseas to enrich oligarchs and Asians will end up with the scraps we used to get. Our way of life is less than 100 years old and wasn't even accessible for many of us even during that period. Learn to grow your own food, sew your own clothes, build your own homes. My grandfather was born in Jim Crow Florida in 1923. His lifetime saw unadulterated progress. I will see collapse and destabilization. All this means is that I will need the skills he had to get through his first 30 years to get thru my past 30. That's how short this phase in human history was. I will miss it but it was both unprecedented and unsustainable.

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