Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

@af I had the opportunity to save several lives years back. After that moment, I always felt like I had managed to make an impact that would ripple past me, even though nobody else would likely know it was me. Generations descending from those kids and their kids into the future that wouldn't have existed if not for me being in the right place at the right time.

I believe your impact is within the few generations...your kids, and grandkids. Beyond that maybe not, but you can keep the stories alive from priors.....my grandpa was a gold prospector in the early 1900's, I keep those stories. His dad....a "hanging" judge in the wild west.

Thats how you will not be forgotten. Do interesting things with your life that gets the stories passed down.

thank you for sharing this. I was impacted today and this is helpful

@ab just because your name is forgotten doesn't mean you don't have an impact.

"within just three generations almost no one is likely to remember you ever existed."

I immediately thought "That can't be true." Then I thought about my own family and yup, it's true. Beyond my grandparents I don't even know the names of older relatives. Much less anything about their lives. Even though the stories of all those older relatives are also the story of why I'm here. Kind of sad when you think about it.

Thanks for the perspective OP.

we’re all gonna die!

Agree 100%.
The last time I was let go, I just packed it all up and left, found a new job a few months later. Prior layoffs were as described....felt bad, displaced, sad...

Now its much easier to accept a layoff when you have no debt, money available (savings, 401K, etc). I do not anticipate losing my present job, but I do wake up knowing that this could be the last day as well. I am mentally, emotionally and physically prepared.