The Morale of Tech Workers Is Plunging as Layoffs Mount

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• bookofjoe 6 hours ago ago

  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/tech-layoffs-bli...

• 1vuio0pswjnm7 4 hours ago ago

  Note these two URLs in the article

  https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww....

  https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww....

  What's with the awstrack.me prefix

  Is someone tracking who follows these URLs pointing to Blind threads

• ungreased0675 6 hours ago ago

  Imagine how people in less lucrative occupations feel. Some perspective is always nice.

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  • JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago ago

    > Imagine how people in less lucrative occupations feel

    To be fair, SWEs are facing a unique concentration of employment and wage-growth headwinds at the median.

  • downrightmike 5 hours ago ago

    STEM was the hope and yeah, that was a gaslight too

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    • ChicknNuggt 4 hours ago ago

      Yea, STEM used to be the safe bet. Now even that is also wonky