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by watters 996 days ago
Yes. Yes. Yes.

Biggest challenge I've seen is with stalled advancement, particularly for people with 10+ years of experience.

That said, those impacts are less severe (for ppl like me) these days as recent layoffs are more broadly recognized as resulting from executive and management failures.

That said, the general lack of a useful social safety net in the US can easily lead to chaos for US-based employees who are laid off.
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dudul 996 days ago
Can you expand on your last point? AFAIK, whe you're part of layoffs you get unemployment benefits.
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deelowe 996 days ago
> AFAIK, whe you're part of layoffs you get unemployment benefits.

For a limited amount of time and they only cover a portion of your income. I know people who were laid off who had to upend their entire lives as a result. As just one example, their kids schooling was impacted as they had to drop everything and move during the middle of the year. One kid ended up getting held back as a result. They also lost of ton of money because they had quickly sell their home.

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watters 996 days ago
Sure.

Anyone working on a sponsored visa has a very short period to find a new job, or they have to leave the country.

Unemployment insurance maximums is below minimum wage in some states (e.g Arizona). In Washington, where I live, it's higher, but would barely cover the typical mortgage payment for an experienced software engineer.

The lack of universal healthcare means that anyone who uses medical services regularly (or has family that does) may end up having to navigate whether or not to find an exchange plan or spend most of their unemployment benefits on COBRA.

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pc86 996 days ago
UC is typically capped at offensively low absolute dollar amounts. For low wage workers it's a decent percentage, for tech workers, especially developers, it's unlikely to be enough to cover your day-to-day bills. I haven't utilized it since the 00's but back then it was capped at something like $700 or $800 per week in my state.
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pc86 996 days ago
It's been too long to edit, but I just went back and looked. I claimed for a few months in 2009 and it was capped at $675 per 2-week pay period, so about $18k/yr.
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francisofascii 996 days ago
COBRA health insurance premiums (especially if you have a family) is what kills you. (Pun intended)
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