A single post by Bengaluru-based X user Siya (@Loop_and_lift) has captured what thousands have been feeling quietly, the growing anxiety that no corporate job is safe anymore.

In her viral post, Siya shared how her cousin, once the family’s pride, had been laid off from Amazon. “Because of that, all of us cousins would be compared to him and scolded to ‘be like him,’” she wrote. “I never really liked his attitude, but I genuinely feel bad for him and his family.”

Her reflection, raw and personal, struck a chord. “He relied on luck during the pandemic hiring boom and never focused on building skills like DSA,” she added, calling the incident a 'wake-up call' and a reminder that “no job is truly stable these days.”

Within hours, the post snowballed, crossing 200,000 views and prompting a

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