Our team has been through three major layoffs in eighteen months and we've all developed this weird performative optimism where nobody talks about how exhausted and paranoid we actually are. I watch everyone pretend they're fine in meetings while we're all clearly just trying to survive the next round and it feels unsustainable for all of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Everyone fakes being fine after the layoffs because admitting the fear feels too risky.
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