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The guy in the top picture looks like he's just cleaned out his desk after being laid off.



Caption is:

a man is smiling while holding a box outside of an elevator

Either he is relieved and happy to go elsewhere or he is still shocked (as he seemingly forgot his jacket).

More seriously, while I can understand how to "fill" the page an image is sometimes needed, I seem to notice that lately a lot of pages sport these "vague" stock images that mean nothing or nothing connected to the actual article/theme discussed.


I was once 'laid off' early from a consulting contract that was renewed too many times. I was approached very sensitively to be handed the 'bad news' and my immediate response was "fantastic" since I'd been bored to tears for months at my desk looking/waiting for more work.

The odd bit was that they had used some data of my web browsing habits during this downtime as being against policy to cover their asses. So technically I was let go for 'doing math' at work found on Project Euler[0].

[0] https://projecteuler.net/


The smile says he welcomed the severance package though!


Maybe it's his first day at the new job




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