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playoff_burner

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    Comment #33912002

    Thank you. This sounds like a real plan.

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    Comment #33901408

    For this specific case, not much. They've been soft-signalling this for at least weeks. H-1B holders have termination date + 2 months to find a new job (both in terms of 4 months s…

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    Comment #33899068

    I see. Thanks. It's really 30-40k because the 4 months' severance includes the regular pay during the 60 day exit window. The potential is obvious: get something off the ground in …

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    Comment #33898415

    The suspense lasted 1 minute. The "team update" and cut/no-cut emails went out pretty much simultaneously.

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    Comment #33898404

    Not in fintech. The big Stripe layoff (14%) was before Twitter. I think Twitter gets a lot more credit than it deserves for the layoff wave, given that companies had already put ef…

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    Comment #33898359

    The RSUs are double-trigger. The tax liability doesn't trigger until they become liquid. (source: I got laid off at 4:02 am this morning.)

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    Comment #33898122

    Could you elaborate? I'm considering this path.

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    Comment #33898071

    I was affected by this layoff and also don't understand the acid. It's abrupt, for sure, but the writing's been on the wall for months (our internal Blind even called that these wo…