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At the beginning of the year, I decided it was time to find a new job after 10 years with my employer. I spent February doing interview prep and conducting interviews. Back then, the COVID-19 was mostly limited to China, markets and governments weren't terribly concerned about COVID-19. I accept a job offer, put in my two weeks notice, and my last day at was last Friday. Hardly anyone was seriously concerned about CO…
All: a user emailed with the brilliant suggestion that HN do a "Who Is Hiring Right Now?" thread. We'll do that soon; maybe tomorrow. This will specifically be for jobs that are ready to hire, and able to onboard, quickly. If any of you have suggestions for how to make this most helpful under current conditions, please share them. I'll check this thread later tonight.
- Remote work (even across the country, with no expectation of travel)
- Short-term work (like a few months, no expectation of staying for > 1 year)
- How long the employer roughly expects to be able to provide the job in their projection of the current economic conditions
- Rough company size, given the US Congress just passed a bill concerning sick leave that might not apply to companies with under 50 or 500 employees [1]
Also, less certain about the following, but:
- Maybe highlighting contractor possibilities would be good too? In case the additional flexibility in e.g. work hours is better for workers, or in case it's easier for companies not to have to worry about insurance, etc.
[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/coronavirus-...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
what’s special about friday in particular? i know it’s the end of the quarter but aren’t the earnings announcements etc spread out over a few weeks?
You want to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, but you don’t want to lay anybody off during the week, so they have time to collect their thoughts over the weekend. Whereas, if you fired them on a Monday, they may show up Tuesday and cause issues. Salary is probably the most costly expense. In the early 2000s, the warning sign was reducing the cleaning staff, and having developers empty the trash.
All: a user emailed with the brilliant suggestion that HN do a "Who Is Hiring Right Now?" thread. We'll do that soon; maybe tomorrow. This will specifically be for jobs that are ready to hire, and able to onboard, quickly. If any of you have suggestions for how to make this most helpful under current conditions, please share them. I'll check this thread later tonight.
At the beginning of the year, I decided it was time to find a new job after 10 years with my employer. I spent February doing interview prep and conducting interviews. Back then, the COVID-19 was mostly limited to China, markets and governments weren't terribly concerned about COVID-19. I accept a job offer, put in my two weeks notice, and my last day at was last Friday. Hardly anyone was seriously concerned about CO…
I left work due to burnout and wanted to try my hand at doing something creative - creating a new product. Had some time set aside for travel before I started, but then this all happened. Could not have picked a less convenient time to try and travel and make money off SaaS / AppStore. I remain optimistic and am expecting to learn so much more than I would have in the more comfortable market we are now leaving behind…
Hopefully after this settles down a bit there will be a boom in remote work positions as so many companies will now be both setup for it and seen that it is effective.
Look after yourself and your loved ones. Be kind to people.
Not a hiring manager, but I will be hiring more cs people for my team soon. We wanted to hire people anyway, but this virus will probably expand the candidate pool since most of the gorillas will have trouble hiring now. Adtech is about to face a harsh reality check.
Just found yesterday out that I'm being laid off at the end of the month. Sadly, I wholeheartedly believe that the owners are using the coronavirus as an excuse to close their already-failing company. The company has been in slow-motion dissolution for the better part of a year, and now they're blaming the entire thing on the virus outbreak so that they have a narrative to tell that covers up some of the mismanagemen…
I heard from more than a few people that during the 2008 financial crisis, some strong companies laid off low-performers. They used the financial crisis as an excuse, to protect the company from potential lawsuits.