Love this thread!
Ask HN: Who is firing?
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Re: Ask HN: Who is firing?
#22Absio Corp in Denver, CO A security startup that laid off 4 (of 12) employees the week before thanksgiving. This was in an effort to hire marketers for the product that was in part built by the 4 that were laid off. They also took the Christmas bonuses and stock of those that were laid off and distributed them as incentive for the remaining employees to stay. There is a lot of political turmoil as far as I am told.
This is the worst, a straight stab in the back from the company - when they fire you after you built their company for them because they don't want to pay more salaries.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Related: Rubicon and AOL have done some house cleaning as well
Rubicon's been taking a beating in the market. I hope that AppNexus' IPO along with Snapchats brings some energy back into adtech and new tech stocks.
All ad tech stocks that are not GOOG and FB are getting slammed. They cannot compete against the data and ML talent of those two companies.
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#24Eventbrite is laying off developers.
I always wondered when their services will become obsolete.
I used them for large events and always managed to find a solution to use their free tier.
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#25Bodybuilding.com just laid off 90+ people. http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article118234978...
I'm kind of surprized that Bodybuilding.com employs more than 90 people.
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#26Seems like Pebble is shutting down, only 40% of SEs getting job offers from fitbit,HWE unknown.