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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    376·
    9 months ago

    Nguyen previously wrote a guest post in Business Insider that detailed his post-graduation move from New York City to Seattle for a tech job and how it “turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.”

    Sounds like The Seattle Freeze.

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    Anyway. Yeah, if I’m looking at a candidate and see they had three jobs in three years, that’s a minus. Are they insufferable and they’re being fired? Are they actually bad at their job? Even if they are good at their job, are they going to stick around here long enough to be worth the resources spent onboarding them?

    It’s a risky move.

    Would be better if employers made more effort to retain people, but here we are.

    • realitista@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Yes, however recruiters see someone like this and see a great opportunity to fill their quota, so it all balances out.

    • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      I live in Seattle and honestly have never experienced any freeze at all. Maybe it’s because I’m queer or maybe it’s because I have good social skills, but I have had no issue integrating myself with the community here and have made lots of friends. Seattle responds well to those who put themselves out there and aren’t republican weirdos.

      • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        In my experience, you can only make friends through work or through shared activities like skiing or the knitting club. Otherwise people aren’t interested in you. If you’re super active, then you’ll have tons of friends. If you’re an introvert, you’re probably better off somewhere else.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        41·
        9 months ago

        I’m just glad I have a name for what I’d also agree was the single most lonely time of my own life, hunkered-down in a North Seattle apartment for 18 months before bailing on my green card and h1 and going back to Vancouver.

        Because the weather wasn’t the issue; but I’d suggest improving the rail transit and rolling the shitty moldy wet-wood lowboy apartments into something more dense to allow for beneficial green-space. This emerald city needs a little more greenery!

        But transit and greenery may be a little avant-garde for a country still undecided on the issue of felons as kings :-\

        • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
          21·
          9 months ago

          I wanted to thank you for sharing your experience and make sure to validate you in this, because it really sounds very difficult to go through. Hopefully things are doing better for you recently.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      People in Seattle are seriously the coldest mofos you’ve ever encountered. They really don’t want anything to do with anything outside their bubble. As a result, the only way to make friends is to share activities like sports or whatever.

    • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      How’s it risky? Normally you secure the next job before quitting.