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I spoke with my advisor. He said this is mostly being driven by fear and panic over the bad tech news. He also said that the Fed has held rates too high. We're not selling anything.

Because I'm into facts and not vibes. Sure, there was a movement for less policing, but that is not an actual policy. There was no widespread leftist policy adopted nationwide to have less policing. That did not happen. Some jurisdictions adopted some policies and most didn't change much of anything.

There was a monumental change in policing and everything else in 2020. That was due to COVID. Traffic patterns changes. Social patterns changes. Jobs changed. Schools changed. Everything changed, at least temporarily. This changing policing, like it changed everything else. There is no earthly reason to discount that.

Traffic suddenly dropped. There was no reason to have speed traps, because very few people were driving. Walking the normal beats made no sense because people weren't in their normal spots. Police had to adopt. Technology always moves as well. You mentioned earlier how we needed police interactions because they might lead to discovery of other crimes. But many jurisdictions now have Flock cameras, which basically detect stolen cars. That is much more efficient and safer than having cops pull over random people for lane violations.

LoL @ facts not vibes.  

Fact:  The left pushed BLM and defund the police.  
Fact:  The left showed police officers that they would NOT be supported - see earlier @Cincydawg comment about defacto strikes.  
Fact:  Police interactions dropped.  
Fact:  Police interactions did NOT return to normal post-pandemic.  
Fact:  Homicides, while down this year as compared to last, are still WAY above pre-Floyd levels.  

Fact:  Leftists have blood on their hands.  

Get your vibes out of here, deal with the facts.  

A reason I went to work where I did was a soft promise of no layoffs.  And we never had any on a broad scale.  We had buyouts every few years, I took one when I was able.

A boss once told me it cost the company nearly 3x as much to keep me on staff versus a new hire doing the "same job".

Best of luck to Greg.  Maybe a better job awaits?  

We've been slow at my job, mostly due to some big projects going on in other parts of the world.  It sucked all the capital away from my particular group.  Not sure how any of this will affect me.  Going on 21 years in Oct.  

Sure, we could be headed to recession and a major market drop, I don't doubt that.  I just note this drop, so far, is worth a couple months of gains.  I had been doing a bit of selling because my "cash ratio" had dropped, and I was a bit nervous (I always am).  I was writing cover call options and getting paid decently for it though I did lose some of one stock I have.  Put options afford the better downside risk protection of course.

Did the same thing.  I can't say I was nervous, but I tend to follow numbers and not a "feel" for what is happening.  I also know I need a certain return on my money (actually not very high) to be confident my money will last me, so I don't mind being higher in cash and cash equivalents.

I know layoffs aren't usually good for people, but my wife's layoff with the severance package was one of the reasons we decided to go ahead and retire. 

A boss once told me it cost the company nearly 3x as much to keep me on staff versus a new hire doing the "same job".

I seem to recall at the time you were saying you literally looked for things to do (like a conscientious individual should). When you left thought you stated they hired two more employees

Time well spent then