the gross feeling when

you and your friend both leave your company which pays poorly

then an old coworker tells you they've hired 3 new people

this feels worse than hearing about your ex doing well after you broke up, for some reason

Ah, the classic "employee retention budget vs. new hires budget".

I bet it'd feel worse if the news were "They've hired 3 new juniors in your places and with 70% higher salary than yours... each.

oh, and we're switching to the 4-days-week model with Q3"

And when an old colleague tells you about all the amazing things they’re now doing and all the problems that have been sorted out even though you had to put up with them for years.

I think there’s a lot of bullshit in what they say, they just can’t be honest that it’s still the same as before

At least it’s taking them 3 people to replace you 2.