Is it just me or is there a serious push on here for everyone to quit their jobs immediately that I am not seeing ANYWHERE else. Not in slack, not in meetings, not on Blind (they’re still DMing job recs and posting their VM offers), not on Glassdoor, not on Twitter. I have seen more celebration posts for taking jobs at VMw in BUs like Tanzu lololol
What’s the trick here then? Why the extremely heavy push for quitting asap under the guise of wisdom and concern. I get warning others but in every post I see long monologues and aggressive wording to quit NOW, don’t wait. Who legitimately cares if the 12 people who visit this space get laid off so much so that every response is to jump ship in order to save yourselves? It’s super suspicious and feels very much like an alternative motive.
Useful non alarmist advice:
- Don’t impulse quit yet unless you were wanting to leave anyway
- Cut spending as much as possible and build your savings to get you through 60 days
- Update your resume and professional profiles
- If you haven’t been in the job market for a while, look into a professional re-writing your resume because they know all the keywords to get you through the generic tracking system and more eyes on your application
- Make a cover letter! Pay for this too if you must. You can afford it and it’s a game changer
- If you are on linkedin start adding and networking with recruiters from the companies you might be interested in going to next
- Hit a couple of practice interviews at places you aren’t really interested in to knock the rust off your interviewing techniques
- Sit back and see how this plays out with very little worry because you have a plan in place if and when the guillotine starts to come down. Also you get severance.