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How safe or secure is your Job/Career today?
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Never mind AI doing your chemistry work.
Computers cant even get plain data sets right. At least once a month I have to get IT to fix data in our databases because it's wrong. And it has nothing to do with the format of the source data changing which requires IT rework. It's the exact same format that comes in where the source might change the format only once every 5 years.
How does it get fixed?
IT will reload the data and tell me to check tomorrow morning. Hey look at that, it now reflects properly!
Not only cant a PC even properly sort out boring data sheets, it needs human eyes to see if it looks and reloads correctly.
Fools idol
Banned
I have 14 staff and I will not let a single one of them go to be replaced by AI unless the business will fail to be profitable and I don't see that happening any time soon.
We're recession proof and for the most part innovation proof because robots still cant think entirely for themselves unless fed data into training models, for which the data comes from us and exclusively from us, no one else gives out that data.
I also have 4 other income streams ranging from used exotic cars and parts, to rental properties. I also receive around $44,000 usd a year in dividends from my dividend growth stock portfolio. Diversified bros.
We're recession proof and for the most part innovation proof because robots still cant think entirely for themselves unless fed data into training models, for which the data comes from us and exclusively from us, no one else gives out that data.
I also have 4 other income streams ranging from used exotic cars and parts, to rental properties. I also receive around $44,000 usd a year in dividends from my dividend growth stock portfolio. Diversified bros.
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Billbofet
Member
I am in the healthcare/mental health space in operations/analytics. I am in a small segment within a Fortune top 5 company.
While I like to think I am safe, the larger the company, the less thought gets put into RIFs.
I would say I'm 70-80% safe, but not too concerned. I have 20+ years experience, was laid off in 2020 and bounced back quickly.
I also live well below my means and was half considering retirement (<50 yo) when laid off in 2020. This isn't my life's work anyway, so if I had to really pivot if the s hits the f, I'd be cool with it - almost welcome it....
While I like to think I am safe, the larger the company, the less thought gets put into RIFs.
I would say I'm 70-80% safe, but not too concerned. I have 20+ years experience, was laid off in 2020 and bounced back quickly.
I also live well below my means and was half considering retirement (<50 yo) when laid off in 2020. This isn't my life's work anyway, so if I had to really pivot if the s hits the f, I'd be cool with it - almost welcome it....
Cyberpunkd
Member
Lol, no.
Anyway - I work in Sales, revenue generation department. You don’t fire these.
Billbofet
Member
Agreed. I worked at huge corp years ago, and their method of getting rid of folks was to literally remove an entire layer of management and just have those folks under roll up to those above the new line.
That said, I've fired Sales people for poor performance, so your point about revenue generation is accurate as long as revenue is generated
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Youre safe.
Sales are always a tough department to fire people as they are frontline people driving the revenue. You got a higher chance of being fired due to a bad attitude than from a corporate layoff which non-revenue generating and support roles get trimmed first.
Since you brought up revenue generation, the relatively new Revenue Growth Management kinds of departments are safe too. These started popping up 10 years ago. Not even. Maybe even 5 years ago in full force. Many big companies dont even have revman departments yet but they will.
I do finance, so we're somewhere in the middle of the firing line. Expendable finance workers are canned first, with the core team of vets usually tough to fire. You dont do mass overhauls to finance since it goes beyod the usual bean counting and analysis. They need people who know what they are doing for monthly and quarterly financial submissions. You dont leave this to young inexperienced people.
AlteredForms
Banned
Where are you working?
fran.fernandez
Member
Game dev for 15 years. Forum is pretty well alive and sales are up and up for game soft so I’m kinda ok (also Japan permanent employee, not easy to クビされる)
Actually I saved enough for doing nothings for decades (even with a child) so Is ok if i flip burger or wash dishes later on .
Actually I saved enough for doing nothings for decades (even with a child) so Is ok if i flip burger or wash dishes later on .
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Pretty safe.
I've made myself indispensable within my team/department/function.
I've made myself indispensable within my team/department/function.
Fbh
Member
Somewhat safe.
I'm self employed, I import and sell stuff. Our biggest advantage is that we are located in a rather remote town so competition is limited and we aren't as affected by online commerce as most other places because shipping costs for this area are usually so ridiculously high that most people prefer to buy locally
I'm self employed, I import and sell stuff. Our biggest advantage is that we are located in a rather remote town so competition is limited and we aren't as affected by online commerce as most other places because shipping costs for this area are usually so ridiculously high that most people prefer to buy locally
FunkMiller
Member
Pretty safe. Been freelance for 18 months now, with plenty of companies wanting PR & comms. Built up enough contacts to guarantee work moving forward.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Yes, of course. That's the positive and negative of sales: negative since you cannot hide behind idle talk ; positive because who fires people being successful in bringing in money?That said, I've fired Sales people for poor performance, so your point about revenue generation is accurate as long as revenue is generated
Rockondevil
Member
As long as I don't get injured I'll never be out of work.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I work in a copy room at Microsoft maintaining the Microsoft Calculator Github repository. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine.
Grildon Tundy
Member
Knock on wood--I've never been fired. In cases where I was worried about getting let go, I've actually been promoted lol. So I must be doing something right.
I changed my career and industry about two months ago. Been stressful but exciting! With how much work my new team has on their plate, I'm thinking I'm safe. And if I do get let go, I can always go back to what I was doing before (financial analysis).
StreetsofBeige
's comments in this thread only made me more confident about that particular fallback option.
I changed my career and industry about two months ago. Been stressful but exciting! With how much work my new team has on their plate, I'm thinking I'm safe. And if I do get let go, I can always go back to what I was doing before (financial analysis).
StreetsofBeige
's comments in this thread only made me more confident about that particular fallback option.