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Kylie Robison

RARE PHOTOS: Last call for tech layoffs | Vintage Vibes

Two work colleagues giving each other high-five to express success while sitting at their workstations (Credit: Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty Images)

Hi folks, Kylie Robison with the tech team here. Today, I'm thinking about how quickly time flies.

In 2021, there were tales of wily software engineers juggling multiple remote jobs, while Meta and Google engaged in an arms race for top talent, turning mere idleness into a high-six-figure endeavor. The Coronavirus pandemic ended up being a money-printing machine for much of corporate America, with 52% of companies seeing a bigger profit in November 2020 than the year prior, Axios reported. Then there was the Great Resignation—workers quitting their jobs in pursuit of fatter paychecks—which now appears unheard of amidst the seismic upheaval of nationwide layoffs.

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