Layoffs, PIPs and Job Security

These episodes cover the anxious end of the job: reading the signs before a round of layoffs, what a performance improvement plan really means, being let go, and how to talk about any of it in your next interview.

26 episodes of Soft Skills Engineering, the weekly advice podcast where Dave Smith and Jamison Dance answer software engineers' questions. Every episode is free, and each page below has the listener's question in full.

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Every episode about layoffs and job security

  1. Episode 507: I got fired unexpectedly and breadth and depth
  2. Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
  3. Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
  4. Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
  5. Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs
  6. Episode 426: I got too many promotions and I have anxiety about getting fired
  7. Episode 424: Bragging without ego and how to predict layoffs
  8. Episode 345: Head of Engineering vs writing code and Voluntary Severance
  9. Episode 341: Offer rescinded and layoff stuff
  10. Episode 332: Layoff + baby survival and 18-year-old CS graduate
  11. Episode 328: Fear of sudden firing and reducing the lottery factor
  12. Episode 325: Surprise PIP and salary leak
  13. Episode 305: About that raise and *you're* not fired
  14. Episode 196: "Offshore resources" and ageist layoffs
  15. Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates
  16. Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time
  17. Episode 120: Layoff Decisions and Overworking Peers
  18. Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout
  19. Episode 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired
  20. Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security
  21. Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes
  22. Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings
  23. Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
  24. Episode 20: Stories from people who got fired and doing effective code reviews
  25. Episode 19: Firing someone for a coding mistake and getting demoted
  26. Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired

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