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"Ideally I'd never work for another employer again"

Exactly this, and for me, since the start of covid, when my employer went under.

"Overall I'm probably a little more jaded towards the industry than I was pre-layoff (this wasn't my first layoff however)."

Yes, also been through a couple, and c'est la vie. But this seems quite different, almost a deliberate attempt to crush wage demands.