Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

Just been put on furlough with likely redundancy at the end of the national lockdown period. Absolutely devastated. My job was hard and the pace relentless but the work was extremely stimulating and my colleagues were absolutely fantastic people.

(It was also a Haskell gig, which is a real rarity.)

Right now I'm just licking my wounds and waiting for the lockdown to end. I'm not sure if it makes sense to start a new job right now - the UK furlough scheme is essentially guaranteed income until June. Starting a new job would waive that, so unless you're actually losing money on furlough I think it's a bit unwise to jump companies.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by aerovistae » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 4:50 PM UTC

buildawesome wrote: post #2

Do you think the 'Who wants to be hired' post accomplishes this or are you looking for companies who are laying off workers? linked below! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22749306

I think that is very centered on your qualifications and what you're looking for. There's next to no discussion there. This kind of reads like an invitation to talk about the company you left and the difficulty of being laid off.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by chrisjc » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 4:51 PM UTC

flyinfungi wrote: post #3

17.5% salary cut. Gonna have to get a new security job :-/

25% here, plus taken on 2-3x workload (not related to the furlough situation).

Edit... btw, 2-3x workload doesn't mean that i can actually complete 2-3x workload.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by mu_killnine » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

I work for a very large player in the print industry (which is transitioning to 'multichannel marketing solutions provider').

I feel like my company has done the best they can (given our industry has already been under a lot of pressure prior to COVID) under circumstances. We're in groups of rolling furloughs so folks have not been permanently laid off. While laid off, we still are receiving medical benefits, which is great.

As a remote worker prior to all this, I haven't had to change much of my day to day and our infrastructure has handled the influx of remote workers (thousands) very well.

However, it also makes the prospect of moving to another company daunting. I worked on-prem for years and developed relationships with co-workers prior to moving off-site. I have a lot of anxiety about not being able to create the same relationships at a new company or having to commute again to a city center for work (something I really can't see myself doing unless absolutely necessary). It's a scary prospect and one I think is absolutely possible given the precarious state of my industry and the economy on the whole.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by alberth » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 5:00 PM UTC

My heart goes out to all who've lost their job (and those who's health has been impacted by COVID-19).

In case you want to get perspective of the huge US impact of unemployment, see this automated visualization.

https://t.co/G5k24nxJRS

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by blackflame7000 » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

chrisjc wrote: post #7

flyinfungi wrote: post #3

17.5% salary cut. Gonna have to get a new security job :-/

25% here, plus taken on 2-3x workload (not related to the furlough situation). Edit... btw, 2-3x workload doesn't mean that i can actually complete 2-3x workload.

It would appear someone doesn't like you either at your company or god perhaps. No one treats people they care about like that