Blind[1] is a decent community to get a glimpse into what employees truly feel about employers, get referrals and overall tech career advice. It can get rather toxic and troll-ey at times, but you can filter that out to focus on the useful stuff. [1] - https://www.teamblind.com/
Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
11–20 of 342 posts
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#12Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Socialize with people who have a job.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#13Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#14Literally everyone you need was laid off... Tech people, business people, marketing, sales, etc. We just need a forum and some volunteers to organize. We all know what products companies/individuals would pay for, because we used to build/buy them.
(there are lots of different kinds of co-ops, and I'm not suggesting any particular model other than a worker owned organization where the workers own and control the company)
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#15Blind[1] is a decent community to get a glimpse into what employees truly feel about employers, get referrals and overall tech career advice. It can get rather toxic and troll-ey at times, but you can filter that out to focus on the useful stuff. [1] - https://www.teamblind.com/
blind has to be the most toxic community in tech. I don't know if i can handle the mental damage for referrals and insider info on prospective employers.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#16Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#17Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#18Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#19Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#20It just occurred to me that so many people were laid off, we could start the world's largest software co-op (and arguably one of the largest tech orgs, period). We could build software products that every industry needs, that every worker owns a part of and can vote on org-wide decisions. Literally everyone you need was laid off... Tech people, business people, marketing, sales, etc. We just need a forum and some vol…