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Massive layoffs and paused hiring is sweeping the tech scene.

Michal Malewicz
5 min readJul 4, 2022

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Junior designer tips for recession

Recession.

The recession has started, but for a while there the job market looked better than ever.

Companies like Coinbase hired thousands of people in 2021 just to fire them in 2022 — someone had overestimated or are we heading into bad times for jobs?

“What do you mean wages are dropping? I think they’re only going up!” — A friend had said to me just four months ago.

Then things started picking up the pace.

Tesla is firing 10% of the workforce, Meta is pausing hiring and expects people to work harder — articles from Reuters and MarketWatch
Article fragments from Reuters and MarketWatch

I’ve been there…

In 2009 I got laid off/quit from an agency that I worked at for years. While the reasons weren’t economic, the job market at that point was still recovering from the 2008 economic collapse. It was tough.

I remember working freelance, not being paid in time and begging my landlord for another extension on the rent payment. But I managed to survive and I want to share a couple of tips with you on what can help you survive as well.

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