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Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by topherPedersen »

I landed my first job as full-time professional software developer doing React-Native development right before the Coronavirus pandemic struck. By the time I finished filling out all of the hiring paperwork, drug tests, etc., they reneged on the offer. Was pretty upset about it at the time, but I guess it's hit everyone else just as hard.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by ttul »

cammikebrown wrote: post #24

I’m a bartender. At least 75% of my friends have been laid off. Not just bartenders, but servers, bussers, most cooks, managers, and everyone I know who works in hotels as well.

I'm sorry to hear that. What are you going to do to pass the time while you are laid off?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by adriancooney »

dominotw wrote: post #4

I found this forwarded layoff referral list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HvI7axSIXsQRQH0IJ2GG... not sure what the source is.

Interesting. It's a private document so it's hard to pull any stats out. I did manage to get the top ten companies (back of the napkin hack so take it with a pinch of salt):

  amazon | 13
  thumbtack | 10
  student | 8
  wework | 8
  wayfair | 6
  google | 6
  uber | 5
  cisco | 4
  oracle | 4
  adobe | 3
Surprised to see Amazon at the top. I thought they were the best poised against this. Again, it may not be signal of a wider problem but interesting nonetheless.

There was also an interesting row from a senior (VP level) at WeWork that would lead you to believe that they aren't in a good state ("f'ed"). Again, take it with a pinch of salt since we can't verify any of this data.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by drlobster »

blackflame7000 wrote: post #11
buildawesome wrote: post #2

Do you think the 'Who wants to be hired' post accomplishes this or are you looking for companies who are laying off workers? linked below! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22749306

Think of it like tinder but for misery

So its just like tinder?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by thwllms »

10% salary cut. Other people at my company (large civil engineering firm) who can't work remotely have been transitioned to on-call, and about 1000 were laid off. Salaries for highly billable employees are currently unaffected.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by fredley »

[UK] Not me but my partner—classical music. Almost everyone is freelance, and everyone has had all their gigs cancelled for the next few months, leaving a lot of people for whom strings were tight to begin with in complete limbo. Performers obviously but also all the events, management, publicity, everything. The scale of it is almost incomprehensible, unless massive investment is made in the sector to keep it alive, it will just... die.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by esaym »

ithrow wrote: post #37
cammikebrown wrote: post #24

I’m a bartender. At least 75% of my friends have been laid off. Not just bartenders, but servers, bussers, most cooks, managers, and everyone I know who works in hotels as well.

Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

Was going to ask this too lol

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by MivLives »

ithrow wrote: post #37
cammikebrown wrote: post #24

I’m a bartender. At least 75% of my friends have been laid off. Not just bartenders, but servers, bussers, most cooks, managers, and everyone I know who works in hotels as well.

Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

Speculation:

- Could be they have a hobby of computers

- Could be they are still in school

Not everyone who cares about tech news is working in the tech field.

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