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How does this work with layoffs + hiring? Can you layoff and then hire in the same department? I assume companies agree to pay at least unemployment and possible severance too in the case of layoffs. Can a company say "These 80 employees are under preforming" and justify a reduction in force that way? (I guess in at-will employment you don't need to justify it at all, so long as you meet legal unemployment requiremen…
Uber was actively poaching from our team when I was at Edmunds.com a few years ago; hope my ex-teammates that jumped ship are doing alright. Uber is in a precarious position and I can't help but wonder what would be different if Travis Kalanick were still in charge. I know it might be an unpopular opinion, but I think his leadership and vision were really instrumental to Uber's early success.
I don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all.
Never heard someone say otherwise.
EDIT: From the the downvotes I can tell I am wrong.
Please help educate me: Honest question: Who or what was "really instrumental to Uber's early success"?
How does this work with layoffs + hiring? Can you layoff and then hire in the same department? I assume companies agree to pay at least unemployment and possible severance too in the case of layoffs. Can a company say "These 80 employees are under preforming" and justify a reduction in force that way? (I guess in at-will employment you don't need to justify it at all, so long as you meet legal unemployment requiremen…
Many companies, certainly Uber as well, do smaller force reductions where the employees have ~60 days to find an internal role, after which they're laid off. It sounds like the same thing, but, it allows you to possibly keep the employees.
How does this work with layoffs + hiring? Can you layoff and then hire in the same department? I assume companies agree to pay at least unemployment and possible severance too in the case of layoffs. Can a company say "These 80 employees are under preforming" and justify a reduction in force that way? (I guess in at-will employment you don't need to justify it at all, so long as you meet legal unemployment requiremen…
1k people to run the show in the main headquarters + some small-ish ~50-100 people regional offices should be enough to keep the company running.
Uber was actively poaching from our team when I was at Edmunds.com a few years ago; hope my ex-teammates that jumped ship are doing alright. Uber is in a precarious position and I can't help but wonder what would be different if Travis Kalanick were still in charge. I know it might be an unpopular opinion, but I think his leadership and vision were really instrumental to Uber's early success.
> I know it might be an unpopular opinion, but I think his leadership and vision were really instrumental to Uber's early success. I don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all. Never heard someone say otherwise. EDIT: From the the downvotes I can tell I am wrong. Please help educate me: Honest question: Who or what was "really instrumental to Uber's early success"?
Moreover, hiring a long-term employee today versus tomorrow might save money for a place like Google, assuming we expect competition and wages to continue to increase.
It strikes me that if Uber is laying off software engineers, their company outlook must be very, very dire. A layoff is perhaps better strategy than firing the bottom 5%, which would likely preclude the departed from re-joining at a better time. But probably the wrong message to send to a cohort like software engineers-- a layoff is a legal confirmation that the company made a big mistake.
There's definitely a tightening of capital happening right now. Investors are pulling back as fear of recession grows. EDIT: Did I say I believe there's a recession coming? No. I said (accurately) that there are growing FEARS of one. There's definitely tightening of investments and capital happening.