Save MBA school for a recession?

I wanted to see what WSO had to say about the sentiments of my friends about the best timeline to enter MBA school. Two of my friends stated that the their preferred time to start on an MBA would be right when a recession starts and if they get fired or demoted. Then they would go to school in two years and hopefully by then the economy would recover. They rationalize this by saying that at their current salary (~120,000 - ~160,000); it would not be worth the opportunity cost during boom times or regular times. What do you all think about this?

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If they get fired or demoted, they aren't going to have glowing recommendations for MBA admissions. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Is that truly so? I mean in a recession cutbacks happen and offices can close. That's not mutually exclusive with getting a good recommendation from your boss right? I remember in the GFC people could get laid off or demoted almost regardless on if you were an amazing employee or not. Maybe my worldview and evidence from the GFC are too anectodal.

 
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Is that truly so? I mean in a recession cutbacks happen and offices can close. That's not mutually exclusive with getting a good recommendation from your boss right? I remember in the GFC people could get layed off or demoted almost regardless on if you were an amazing employee or not. Maybe my worldview and evidence from the GFC are too anectodal.

I’m referring to being fired for cause versus being laid off. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I mean this is a great idea on paper, not even fund managers can time the market nevermind timing MBA applications. If you pull this off come back to this comment and say I told you so but it just seems so unrealistic to time all of it right

 

Eh - have spoken to a handful of people I'm matriculating with. Everyone has their own reasons to go to MBA school. It's usually because they want to career pivot and they don't think they can without attending a top program. 

That's the reason I did and I couldn't see myself reaching my income goals on my own within my pre-MBA career until maybe my 40s-50s (150K+)

 

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