seen it happen before but what they do is 'abolish' the role, and introduce a new role with a new name, oddly similar job description (they change it enough to count as a new role) and rehire people on contract where the previous roles were permanent
its not hyperbole to say it was a contributer to my depression before. slept 5 hours a night most nights. next to no family time and absolutely zero me time. high stress job. those lost hours didnt help
i also think theres an inherent bias that 'leaders' tend to be more extroverted and see more value in people 'being together', and to an extent, at least in my observed experience, are unwilling to acknowledge the fact its not the same for everyone
genie is out of the bottle. uncharted territory ahead and we are at point where it might not even take a malicious actor to pose a threat, AI is learning off AI which is learning off AI. Noone can understand the inner workings of all of them, even the developers. it's going to be time to give up arguing with idiots online because they will be able to "supprt" their position easily, no matter how rediculious. honestly I wish at this point I could slink off and go offgrid
its pretty much the only way you would move to a first world country is be rich. most countries only take a certain number of people with certain skillsets, and have limited quotas for unskilled migration via things like spouse/family. anyone who thinks someone can just pick a country and move there is either stupid or naive
speaking as someone married to an American who migrated to my country.. the cost of renouncing your citizenship is far cheaper than the backward arse tax system that applies to US citizens regardless where they live, and the need to pay someone to do your taxes for you even if you owe nothing.
Once you get citizenship elsewhere (if you can) I'd recommend renounce US on sheer economic grounds alone
26 to the month for me. assuming they don't change it again