u/Capital_Rich_9362

I am scared of applying to jobs after getting laid off ,i am really anxious so much so that I didn’t pick a call from recruiter or opened a linkedin message from recruiter

I was paid above average (although i came to know its lowest in my level) i am afraid to go to similar job and salary due to fear of layoff

Sometimes i think i should go for low salary, but then i know there is toxicity and job stress everywhere.

How to get over fear ?

I am SDET from big tech product company who got laid off and i have 5 yoe.Although I really like SDET and have worked on devops /deployment ,I came to understand that SDET are always in line in case of layoff

I am looking to switch to some role and gain skills to survive in this job market.

1. Devops /SRE
2. AI /ML
3. Development

I think side projects in AI/Ml or development wont land me a job ,only way is to internally switch once i get a job.Please suggest any skills and roadmap

From the young age, I was ambitious but not too ambitious type, like,boss lady or ceo

I really wanted to have a good job and i got one when my friends settled for first job they bad I then moved to product based company .i did not want to get married when I was below 25. I got so many bad proposals, lost trust in my parents, and I had to face so much difficulties in convincing my parents .

As soon as i got job in product based company , my grandfather got second stroke. He was so bedridden . In the middle, I got an road accident . I was close to grandparents since they brought me up

i was also admitted to hospi due to high fever when my grandfather was also admitted . i remember how my family kept switchhing both rooms . He eventually passed away

This year was worse , i was laid off from my job . i have spent many sleepless nights working only for my leads to throw me under the bus

i am 26 and my role is sdet , the market is so much hell for sdet

i feel envious of my best friend , she is dev, happy with first job, she got married and had kid ( completely her choice) , she married non tech guy in IT inspite of concerns. Its not like she is perfect, she has challenges , but she doesn’t leave with in laws , her husband is good person. Peaceful life not luxarious one and deeply satisfying

i feel like fool who lost everything

i have been impacted by layoff at my org, but i am wondering who will fuel the ecomony when people are laid off because of AI investment and Ai replacing human work

Even finance , legal , medicine, research ( chemical , physics etc) and creative field like content creation have been flooded with AI

maybe hardcore physical work like mechanical and civil might be exception

i feel all over the world , tech and other people are in significant income groups and they contribute to economy . Ai cost is not cheaper either , what is ROI of AI productivity ? what is the goal point?

So are looking at future with 2-3 billionaire and all of other people are peasants begging for charity

i was laid from famous saas company in the cold email. it completely shook me , there is so many question on why me ?what have i done to deserve this , when i was the one of the good performer in my team

i am sdet having 5 years of experience ,most of the people who were laid off were sdet/ qa . There is lot of fear that sdet/qa would he replaced by AI .

As SDET i did writing automation code , performance testing and bit of manual testing and maintaining quality. Now i am really thinking did i choose the wrong career?

i don’t know what to do , should i continue on searching for sdet ? or move to other streams . i am 26 years old , i feel so behind and regret decision to be sdet

its just 2 days aince laid off , i feel days are longer and its frustrating how world moves on while i am struck with silence

I was laid off from famous product company yesterday in cold email at 2.30 am , then all my slack , git access was revoked. I woke up only at 8 to see all my acces removed

It was so shocking that i could even cry, i had to tell this to my parents . Some of my ex colleagues reached out to me . But i know it will last few days and there will be silence

today i woke up and broke down , everything around me is running , parents went to work , my ex colleagues will work ,go on trips and concerts , marriage and relationship. While i feel struck

i don’t know how long it will take to find a job? Whether it will match my pay ? Whether it will be toxic ? Whether i will be laid off . It destroyed my self confidence and self belief

the job market is so much hell , i dread to again apply jobs . People say we should always stay prepared , but sometimes life doesn’t . I had some difficult times at home with elders passing away, health issues its hard to do dsa, side project every day

why i was impacted when incompetent leads are still having a job . The only good thing was pay , the culture was so toxic but i thought i can blend in , i developed anxiety so much that sometimes i would wake up at night to code and push changes

anyway life seems unfair to me ? I am 26 and about to turn 27 , i had so much plans in life i want to take parents for trip , buy new phone and even get married

I was laid off yesterday from famous product company , it was cold email at 2.30 am and all my slack and git access was revoked .it was humilating and brutal and all the years of my life turned to just a email . I happen to see it yesterday morning around 8 since i wasnt feeling welll and woke up late

it shook everything about life , i never believed in luck , i always thought if you work hard , you will find rewards . it destroyed my self confidence .

People say we should always stay prepared , but life is not same . I had difficult fee month due to health issues at home , on top of it job itself was so draining , how can i do do dsa or side project every week ?

it was difficult to say to parents , many colleagu reached out to me . I couldn’t even cry or react yesterday due to the shock

When i woke up today there is so much silence , my parents went to work , my ex colleagues would work , people get married and going on trip , but i couldn’t stay strong and broke down .

So many question ? whether i will find a job ? whether the job will match my current pay ? whether i will be laid off again ? whether the culture is toxic ? The market is hell right now .

what will i say to next employer ? Like i was laid off . There is so much chance of low- balling the offer

I keep asking why i was the one who got impacted ? i worked tirelessly day and night , there are so many people of my role and pay are staying, so many incompetent leads are still having a job . why me ?

i know we all say we should he prepared but nothing can compare to the shock of email at midnight . I am grateful that i am unmarried and have some saving , i cannot imagine for others .