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How to handle layoff survivors’ guilt

While it's not the same as losing your job, being left to pick up the pieces after a round of layoffs comes with its own challenges. How do those who remain stay sane?
May 02, 2023

While it’s not the same as losing your job, being left to pick up the pieces after a round of layoffs comes with its own challenges. How do those who remain stay sane?

Things remain tough out there for software engineers. While Elon Musk’s new-look Twitter started the trend, it was far from the end of tech companies laying off chunks of their technical staff. 

The tech layoffs storm has roiled through the industry for nearly six months now and shows no sign of slowing. So far this year, nearly 185,000 workers across 620 separate tech companies have found themselves without a job, according to Layoffs.fyi,

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