I found this list on Reddit if you're looking for a full list of companies that are laying employees off, pausing hiring, or still hiring:
https://airtable.com/shrpj2r4Kjc4YoMu4/tbl8m95GiuWehnIiT?blo...
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#42I’m a bartender. At least 75% of my friends have been laid off. Not just bartenders, but servers, bussers, most cooks, managers, and everyone I know who works in hotels as well.
Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?
Not in tech either, but I like reading and casually following the scene. Kinda funny watching the language flame-wars every so often
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#43My workplace had furloughs, but all of the developers were excluded from it. Guessing the management had enough trouble hiring developers as it was.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?
Speculation: - Could be they have a hobby of computers - Could be they are still in school Not everyone who cares about tech news is working in the tech field.
HN is way more geeky/nerdy than your regular tech news, hence my curiosity.
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#45I found this forwarded layoff referral list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HvI7axSIXsQRQH0IJ2GG... not sure what the source is.
Interesting. It's a private document so it's hard to pull any stats out. I did manage to get the top ten companies (back of the napkin hack so take it with a pinch of salt): amazon | 13 thumbtack | 10 student | 8 wework | 8 wayfair | 6 google | 6 uber | 5 cisco | 4 oracle | 4 adobe | 3 Surprised to see Amazon at the top. I thought they were the best poised against this. Again, it may not be signal of a wider problem…
Amazon is almost certainly using this opportunity to "trim the fat." Not saying these people are bad developers, but Amazon seems to require a very specific personality type.
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#46Do 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.
Gotcha! Thanks for the clarity.
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#47I haven't personally had a change yet, although things have been a little slow here lately, so who knows.
My wife, on the other hand, was reduced to 3 days a week at her job for the next 90 days, with a reduced salary to reflect that, so 40% reduction in salary. At least she wasn't in the group at her office that was furloughed.
So things are still tighter for us, although we're still a lot better off than most people right now.
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#49I found this forwarded layoff referral list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HvI7axSIXsQRQH0IJ2GG... not sure what the source is.
Interesting. It's a private document so it's hard to pull any stats out. I did manage to get the top ten companies (back of the napkin hack so take it with a pinch of salt): amazon | 13 thumbtack | 10 student | 8 wework | 8 wayfair | 6 google | 6 uber | 5 cisco | 4 oracle | 4 adobe | 3 Surprised to see Amazon at the top. I thought they were the best poised against this. Again, it may not be signal of a wider problem…
I wonder if the Wayfair people are just still unemployed from their layoff in Feb.
I'm seeing a bunch of interns in there too which is kind of interesting.
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#50No but making a intl job hop soon in the middle of this mess and a little worried that it'll not pan out (despite signed contract).
Current job - Auditor - no indication of slowdown. Entire firm has laptop/vpn/phone so essentially ready for this.