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Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by nemo44x »

catchmilk wrote: post #160
acruns wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are the technical person on the sales team. They do demo's, field technical questions, might do a POC with a potential customer, so on. They also get a commission but they traditionally have a standard salary as well instead of the sales rep where their salary might be 60% or more commission only.

So.. not an engineer.

Yeah generally not directly anymore. Many come from a software engineer background though and find the sales side of things interesting. The money can be better than a Dev at a company that is doing well too.

Some places call them Solution Architects too which IMO is a better name as they work with customers to help them see how their company solutions can be integrated and made useful.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by wpietri »

McMini wrote: post #125
danesparza wrote: post #119

God this brings back memories of fuckedcompany.com Right after September 11th, that site got very popular among engineers like me -- seeing (on a daily basis) which company bloodbath was next. It was kind of fun, until it was our company.

What did the site show?

In form, it was a pretty simple discussion site. But it had a lot of insider info and an enormous amount of snark, and it really captured the spirit of the popping of Bubble 1.0 (and the post 9/11 downturn).

I remember one where a CEO made a big deal about the tech staff working through the holidays to finish vital new products. And then the CEO went on vacation to Hawai'i, leaving the nerds to grind it out. The memo and vacaction leaked to Fucked Company, where comments were spirited, and I think it eventually caused a big to-do.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by heyflyguy »

McMini wrote: post #125
danesparza wrote: post #119

God this brings back memories of fuckedcompany.com Right after September 11th, that site got very popular among engineers like me -- seeing (on a daily basis) which company bloodbath was next. It was kind of fun, until it was our company.

What did the site show?

It also had the memos or emails sent, which were morbidly interesting to read.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by dsfargeg »

Babylon Health furloughed 140 people. I think they're using this as an excuse to re-structure their organisation. The tagline is that they are furloughing 5% of staff.

They've used it as an opportunity to make 30% of their mobile engineers redundant, as well as push many senior engineers on higher salaries towards the exit

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Post by NicoJuicy »

GarrisonPrime wrote: post #114
WhyNotHugo wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surprisingly, severance is also mandatory in Argentina and many other "under development" countries. I'm absolutely amazed at how people in the US are so against severance being mandatory.

Argentina and Germany are hardly in rosy positions at the moment. “I like free money” is hardly a good argument to support statements like “it just makes sense”.

> Argentina and Germany are hardly in rosy positions at the moment.

That's not an argument also, Germany is actually doing very well for everyone ( civilians, business, healthcare, innovation, ...)

They are almost launching their contact-tracing app, while the poor, that need it, in the US get 1200$ in the next 3-6 months, lol.

The rich get 1.700.000 $ though, that's "normal". Good job! /s

Perhaps you were talking about the federal state saying that states have to look for their own medical supplies? That's nice

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Post by InvOfSmallC »

Tade0 wrote: post #54
TLightful wrote: post #28

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Fired by hackernews would be novel.

Given that nowadays it's common for current and former employers(I know you're reading this, Wiktor) to track our social media presence I wouldn't be surprised if that already happened. I mean, firing via e.g. Twitter is a thing.

Hi Wiktor!

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

danesparza wrote: post #119

God this brings back memories of fuckedcompany.com Right after September 11th, that site got very popular among engineers like me -- seeing (on a daily basis) which company bloodbath was next. It was kind of fun, until it was our company.

PBS did a story on them but couldn't say Fucked Company on their broadcasts so they used the name "The Dot Com Deadpool" instead.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by tomduncalf »

chipaca wrote: post #145
mothsonasloth wrote: post #95

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In the UK you are only allowed out once a day for 1 hour maximum

I've seen nothing about a "1 hour maximum" rule; where are you getting that from?

It's not in law, but it was advised by Michael Gove[1]: "I would have thought for most people a walk of up to an hour, a run of 30 minutes or a cycle ride of between that, depending on their level of fitness, is appropriate."

I guess ultimately it's up to the individual - the longer you exercise for and the greater the area you cover, I guess the higher the risk of you spreading the virus if you have it or getting it is. But I think the government are crediting people with some common sense here, e.g. if you are in the middle of nowhere and don't see another person, you can probably justify exercising for longer to yourself more easily than in a crowded city.

FWIW, I've been doing about 30 mins cycling outside most week days in London, around an hour (sometimes 90 minutes) at the weekend. Would love to go further or more times a day, but feels like we have to do our bit to help, while also staying sane, personally I feel comfortable with this level.

[1] random link from Google, https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a31973975/coronavirus-u...

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Post by voodooranger »

catchmilk wrote: post #160
acruns wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are the technical person on the sales team. They do demo's, field technical questions, might do a POC with a potential customer, so on. They also get a commission but they traditionally have a standard salary as well instead of the sales rep where their salary might be 60% or more commission only.

So.. not an engineer.

the ones that i know are former engineers. they also have excellent verbal skills and seem to be the smartest people in the room. may or may not be the best coders — i don’t know — but they are very impressive in person.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Firing?

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Post by catwell »

rusticpenn wrote: post #151
WhyNotHugo wrote: post #99

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Wow, I didn't think any developed country allowed employers to legally cut an employees salary.

That is standard in Germany. For a period of upto 12 months during emergencies, employees contracts can be reduced to x% (for x % hours), the govt will cover the remaining money (upto 60% of net salary). Its called shotrt-term work or kurzarbeit.

That also exists in France (and is currently used extensively) but it's very different from reducing salaries.
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