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In my opinion there is a strong disconnect between the title and the advice. If in fact your house is on fire, there is a decision tree you can follow that goes something like this.

1. Are you or others in immediate danger? If so, get out and help others get out.

2. If not, then determine if someone addressing the fire. One would expect that higher ups are aware of the fire, but this is not always the case. Sometimes the higher ups are not aware. Sometimes they are too busy saving themselves to address the fire.

3. If someone is addressing the fire is there a way you can assist?

I do not mean to be snarky in this- there are real people who work for real companies that are not doing well. If you are a manager, your team's well being should be high on your list.






> 1. Are you or others in immediate danger? If so, get out and help others get out.

Wanting to help folks out is great, but if there's one role going in some related company, and there's a few on your team who are going to be out of work, then I don't think there's going to be too many advertising the job posting to others.


it's really common for people to form groups after a layoff to help each other get hired.



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