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Layoff-Proof Strategy Cartoon: Survival by Overemployment

  • Writer: Ravi
    Ravi
  • Nov 29, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 11

Cartoon of a man working two laptops as someone comments that his six-job layoff-proof strategy “paid off” because only four companies laid him off.

The Scenario: In this layoff-proof strategy cartoon, we witness the ultimate career hedge. The protagonist has realized that in a world of mass redundancies, one job is a liability.


By holding six roles simultaneously, he turns his career into a diversified portfolio. The irony peaks when he is celebrated for only losing 66% of his income—a "win" in the strange, dark math of modern corporate survival.


The Observation: This piece of overemployment humor targets the "Diversification of Income" trend.


It critiques the collapse of the traditional employer-employee social contract, where workers now feel they must act like their own holding companies just to stay afloat.


At Kaapi with Ravi, we highlight the comical irony that "working hard" has been replaced by "working everywhere" as the only viable way to reach retirement.


A modern layoff-proof strategy means you don't get fired; you just have a slightly more manageable calendar for the rest of the week.

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