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One company I worked for used to have an unofficial “ex-company” slack setup, where people would get invited to by others that have already left and were in there, it was kinda nice since you form bonds with people and suddenly they’re just gone. You might have not managed to connect with them in any other form. But you login to “ex-company” slack workspace and here they are - everyone that went through the company. I mean lots of people would stop responding after a while, but there was enough time “buffer” to allow people to connect with other means.

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I am in a Discord of full people that all got laid off from the same place in 2019 (I actually left on a Wednesday for a new job, and everyone else got their pink slips Friday that same week). At first it was pretty lively, as you can imagine, but its settled into a wonderfully cozy online space and I'm so glad I'm a part of it. It's good to have connections to people with whom you have shared experiences but no real ongoing professional relationship (these are called "friends"). It's also good for networking, since we're all in the same industry. In some ways it just feels like a continuation of the Jabber rooms we all shared when we worked together, but it's also something more.

I am a part of one such group! It started as a WhatsApp group for all ex-employees, but has now morphed into a discord server. It's a great way to remain connected to friends you make at work, and recently, it has also become a way to share job openings to your network to help laid-off people.

Anybody have connection to the ex-google one if there is? I just left and didn't see it referenced in any of the leaving guides.

Leaving guides? I imagine a pamphlet.

"We wish you well on your departure; as you embark on new adventures your about to open your eyes for the first time.

This may be a shock to some of you as you may discover that the world is more dystopian than you've may of seen from your altered reality mind-implants.

We would like to thank you for your service as a tool at the corporation."

"Handbook for the Recently Terminated"

As long as it doesn't read like stereo instructions ....

You could rewrite Plato’s Cave for some companies, especially the insular ones where there’s some culture shock when you get into “the real world”.

Plato’s cave needs to be rewritten anyway

time to just acknowledge that its an overly long arduous convoluted setup that can be vastly simplified for the message it creates

if Plato's cave were rewritten today, it would probably be from the perspective of the cave

Tempt me with a good time lmao. "Imagine someone spends their entire life in a dark room with only an ebook reader..."

https://xoogler.co/ has a xoogler slack

This seems common now, I’m part of two such groups and it’s a nicer experience than trying to keep up via LinkedIn.

Only a recruiter would think keeping up on LinkedIn would be the route to take

> One company I worked for used to have an unofficial “ex-company” slack setup,

More than one for me.

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