Tech Layoffs for 2016 Projected to Be Deep

Post by nfriedly » Sun, May 01, 2016, 2:49 AM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #37

nfriedly wrote: post #10

I just narrowly avoided getting booted out of IBM Watson just because a new manager 6 layers above me wants everyone to move and I can't. This was announced as co-locating, not a layoff, but it had about the same effect for many of my co-workers. I only got a temporary exception because my managers and teammates fought so hard to keep me, and I'm still looking at this same situation in a few months. I'm personally no…

Is that even legal to fire someone if they don't agree to move? If that wasn't part of some hiring agreement I would imagine you would likely have some legal recourse there. Wow that's crappy.

Post by _9vpl » Sun, May 01, 2016, 3:49 AM UTC

blue_dinner wrote: post #18

enraged_camel wrote: post #14

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>>All of my developer friends that told me I was stupid Did they really? That's very surprising. In my experience, developers tend to be very understanding and supportive of other developers who leave stable jobs to start their own company. >>While I've had continued stability. I'd say you're in the minority. Startups are much riskier, and "stability" would be one of the last words people would use to define them. Ev…

"developers tend to be very understanding and supportive of other developers who leave stable jobs to start their own company." Have you ever started a business? Most people are not supportive, including developers. You might even lose friends over it. You are going against the norm and most people can't relate and find it strange. The only people that are supportive are those that have a business mindset. "I'd say y…

Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 01, 2016, 4:21 AM UTC

velodrome wrote: post #30

tryitnow wrote: post #29

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You're being generous calling it PR. It's pretty much just an advertisement. To be fair, that's pretty clear upfront. My main problem is that they don't provide any references for all these layoff numbers. That would have been nice. Of course, they didn't do that probably because the numbers are BS.

The article is referencing: http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/10-top-tech-com...