[FireBeyond]

> I just hope whoever processes severance checks is still working.

In the dotcom era, I was in the middle of a mass layoff. At the meeting, "everybody go back to your desk and dial extension 1234, and you will get a message with your employment status, instructions and next steps".

PBX crashed.

PBX took a while being brought back up because, well, the people responsible for supporting it wanted to find out whether _they_ were some of those laid off before deciding whether they wanted to bring it back up.

[someguy212]

I'm not enjoying how many comparisons lately I am hearing to the dotcom era.

[bagels]

We're seeing layoffs and stock crashes, but not as many completely unsound businesses. Meta is still making a ton of money.