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Friday's layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Are you sure you can find another job in a few weeks?

I thought the same when I was laid off from a contractor in February due to musk's bullshit, and I didn't even get an interview until August despite hundreds of applications, a decade of engineer level experience in the field and multiple letters of recommendation. I basically only got the interview because my wife worked there.

I got hired based on merit, but at 50% what I was making before and as an entry level tech.