The thing about #tech#layoffs that people who haven’t been through it often don’t understand is that morale never recovers. The employees who remain will never have the same relationship with that company, bosses or peers.
Watching people you respect pack their stuff and crying on the phone with their spouses is something that never goes away. When I survived a layoff in my 20s I became a “do exactly what the ticket says” person. I stopped suggesting ideas, providing feedback, believing anything a manager told me.
If you are a company considering layoffs, especially a profitable company, you should approach it as “this department will have 100% turnover”. The second I got another job offer I left that company and six months later nobody who had been there at the time of layoffs remained.
First they require in-person #returnToOffice, then they relocate business units from one location to another, and force those who can’t uproot their lives to leave.
The Apple location in #SanDiego isn’t going away. But they intentionally forced 121 people to choose between moving to #Austin, or lose their jobs. Make no mistake, this is a layoff.
Never mind the fact that #Texas is hostile to anyone with a uterus, or is not cishet—why the hell anyone would move to that state? If anything, Apple should be shutting down their Austin office, and paying for people to relocate to a state that better ensures their safety.
“Apple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganization”
I sat off-screen and listened to a peer's #layoffs at a major #tech company last week. I didn't even work there, and even with that distance, I am astounded and disgusted at the state of this industry, and the spinelessness of the proceedings.
If you haven't experienced one yet, let me tell you the playbook.
"UPS announced this week that they will be laying off 12,000 people, approximately 2.4 percent of their global workforce...
As you may recall, UPS drivers won a hard fought battle earlier this year for higher wages and less batshit working conditions so they don’t die of heat stroke.
Is the company truly suffering? Well, no. It still had an adjusted operating profit of $9.9 billion... they “returned $7.6 billion of cash to shareowners through dividends and share buybacks".
At the same time the company is laying off workers, the board of directors approved — for the 15th year in a row — an increase to the company’s quarterly dividend. This means that people are getting laid off, but shareholders are getting a raise."
Is this for real? Did Elon just lay off #Tesla’s entire Supercharger business division?
“Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of the electric vehicle maker's Supercharger business, and Daniel Ho, head of the new vehicles program, will leave on Tuesday morning, the report said.
Musk also plans to dismiss everyone working for Tinucci and Ho, including the roughly 500 employees who work in the Supercharger group, The Information said. It was not clear how many employees worked for Ho.”
The Supercharger system is probably Tesla’s most beloved and successful product. What is going on?
“Musk lays off Tesla senior executives in fresh job cuts, The Information reports”
I have sufficient reason and evidence to believe that I was terminated from Rune Labs in retaliation for protected anti-discrimination whistleblowing activity.
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Looks like Team17 are having a round of layoffs, yet more layoffs in gamedev these days. This is 2 weeks after they just announced a 31% increase in revenues year over year.
It's creeping me out seeing this massive wave of #layoffs across every genre of #journalism because not only is it distressing for people to lose their jobs, but because I know what the journos are being replaced with. In a scary high-stakes election year.
Welp ...after weathering the storm for just over half a year, it appears I am now, also, laid off from my job. Looking for a new role, preferably remote and preferably in #accessibility although the right #backEnd#developer job might be to my liking as well :) #layoffs#ttech#jobs
If it is true that Leva Bates found out that she's without a job at All Alite Wrestling via word of mouth, and not official channels such as HR, it's REALLY bad. Company such as AEW should uphold to higher standards.
Vice laid off hundreds of workers, and the threat of deletion has journalists rushing to back up their work as system privileges are being revoked.
The CYBER podcast team still had upload access, so they used that opportunity to upload a rogue episode. It's a very interesting and frank discussion about the company that does not paint the company (specifically, the C-suite) in a good light.
Vice took down the episode, so you can no longer find it on official feeds.
These tech layoffs are absolutely terrible to behold. The turmoil, the second degree suffering, the anguish. It should teach us all a few lessons. Despite what our instincts might tell us, sometimes it pays to reject generous offers from these companies and settle for something less opulent but more meaningful and secure. It's possible. Be mindful when accepting offers from VC funded outfits. Scrutinize their numbers & business model just as they scrutinize you. #tech#layoffs#startup
I thought I had seen a toot from someone on here who was archiving a lot of content from #vice after the #layoffs were announced yesterday. Does anyone have a link?
Epic Games laying off 16% of staff, divesting from assets including Bandcamp, and generally hemorrhaging money (nitter.net)