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biot on Aug 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees

Additionally, being laid off usually results in at least a respectable severance package. Being fired generally means you only get the minimum legally owed to you.

nibnib on Aug 17, 2016 [–]

It also effects your ability to find work. Being laid off can be completely out of your hands and isn't always something that works against you.

gaius on Aug 17, 2016 | [–]

There is no stigma attached to getting laid off, at least not when interviewing at anywhere sane. People understand that it just happens sometime.

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