More than 150,000 tech employees were laid off across 551 tech companies in 2024.
  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This has why I’m happy to work in public service. It’s very stable but the salaries aren’t as high.

    • sobchak@programming.devEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      Didn’t something like 150k employees and contractors get DOGE’d and the admin is targeting 300k by the end of year?

      I was doing contract work related to environmental research that relied on grant money and all that dried up.

      • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I’m not talking federal government, which you can’t break into unless you’re ex military anyway. I am referring to state, county, city government or a university.