This should be a monthly thread.
Ask HN: Who is firing?
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#12Back in the first dotcom bubble, we had FuckedCompany.com. It tracked these sorts of things on a daily basis.
Ahh FuckedCompany.com
I remember when I sat in an interview for a position at marchFIRST in Melbourne, Australia. And when it came time in the interview for them to ask "Have you got any questions for us?"
"Yeah, look this is kind of awkward, but I've seen marchFIRST mentioned quite a number of times on this website called fuckedcompany.com... Is that indicative of any issues I should be aware about?"
"Oh, don't worry about that, thats just our american parent company"
"Oh great"
So I accepted the offer, worked off-site for 3 months, and then marchFIRST went chapter 11.
Should have paid more attention to that damned website.
Re: Ask HN: Who is firing?
#13Back in the first dotcom bubble, we had FuckedCompany.com. It tracked these sorts of things on a daily basis.
One of my favorite sites back in the day! I remember checking it daily to make sure my employer wasn't there. Fun times! We seem to be missing that edge--that deep cynicism and unashamed negativity--this time around.
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#14Twitter is firing the people who worked on Vine. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/10/27/twitter-strong-q3... Really love how you are doing the opposite for this thread. I guess It helps people get prospective on both sides :)
I did a double-take when I saw Twitter posting[0] in the Who's Hiring thread.
What's the rationale here? Why are they firing and hiring at the same time?
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#15I'm the 3rd Architect to be lucky to work with our VP of Product in the last 6 months, the other 2 no longer work here, he seems to end up pissed off Everytime we meet, we'll see...
Re: Ask HN: Who is firing?
#16Back in the first dotcom bubble, we had FuckedCompany.com. It tracked these sorts of things on a daily basis.
One of my favorite sites back in the day! I remember checking it daily to make sure my employer wasn't there. Fun times! We seem to be missing that edge--that deep cynicism and unashamed negativity--this time around.
Well, as they say: "This time it's different!"
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#17Seems like a lot of bay area companies are "firing on all cylinders" but Tesla is clearly not.
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#18Twitter is firing the people who worked on Vine. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/10/27/twitter-strong-q3... Really love how you are doing the opposite for this thread. I guess It helps people get prospective on both sides :)
I did a double-take when I saw Twitter posting[0] in the Who's Hiring thread. What's the rationale here? Why are they firing and hiring at the same time? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851502
I might be wrong but it makes sense to spend more hiring dollars where they'll increase the bottom line (which is why they're still hiring) while reducing spending in places that are negatively contributing?
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#19This should be a monthly thread.
Yeah seems like something we should track along with hiring. Great thing to know about if you're on the market.
Re: Ask HN: Who is firing?
#20Back in the first dotcom bubble, we had FuckedCompany.com. It tracked these sorts of things on a daily basis.
Ahh FuckedCompany.com I remember when I sat in an interview for a position at marchFIRST in Melbourne, Australia. And when it came time in the interview for them to ask "Have you got any questions for us?" "Yeah, look this is kind of awkward, but I've seen marchFIRST mentioned quite a number of times on this website called fuckedcompany.com... Is that indicative of any issues I should be aware about?" "Oh, don't worr…
marchFIRST -- it even has a Wikipedia entry [0]!
marchFIRST was a Nasdaq traded public company whose peak stock
price reached $52. By the time the company filed for
bankruptcy, it traded for pennies ($0.16 on March 28, 2001).