work that thought they just couldn't hack it and maybe weren't qualified. Just know: It's not you, it's the industry. They kind of treat you like a piece of the machine they can just remove at the snap of their fingers, and then it's tough to find a job after.

It's tough, because it would be nice to get a list of good and bad companies so companies had some incentive to behave, but I think 3 things are affecting that:

1. Non-Disparagement - I talked about this before, but they paid me $15k after they laid me off of my last job to not write a negative review about them on Glassdoor or anywhere. It's tough to get a list of bad companies.
2. Remote Work - People in Utah aren't working exclusively at Utah-based companies anymore. So word of mouth is more spread out.
3. Incentives - There's no incentive to behave as a company. Laying people off lowers your salary-liability and looks good for the board. There are a ton of people looking for jobs, so employees are replaceable (even if it costs you a lot to on-board someone new). You can just get them to sign a non-disparagement contract so it's low risk.

FWIW, these are all just my experiences and musings, I haven't done market research beyond listening to a few daily work podcasts/reading the occasional article.