Ask HN: Who has been laid off? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by Red-Ted » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

johnchristopher wrote: post #152

I have been laid off yesterday. I decided three years ago to settle for a 1800€ job in a public institution, thinking that I could relax and escape the stress of freelance or small startups. For reasons too complicated to put into words right now it has been the most stressful years of my life, burnout/depression/loss of social support, that job took everything from me. There was a political/adminstrative change in t…

You only start to appreciate the sheer incompetence the public sector has when you start working in local government. The amount of people there who would never make it 5 mins in the private sector is incredible and to have a female boss aswell unlucky mate! There's a reason why both men and women prefer Male bosses.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by shashanoid » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

rishabluthra wrote: post #108

shashanoid wrote: post #84

I was supposed to intern at Shopify Canada this summer. I'm free for next three months and would love to work on some interesting projects or remotely. https://github.com/shashanoid

Did shopify cancel co-ops?

No, it got canceled for me. I'm on F-1 based in US and with the borders closed there's nothing that Shopify could do. Such a tangled situation :)

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dillonmckay » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

noir_lord wrote: post #78

zero_shift wrote: post #5

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…

> so unless you're actually losing money on furlough Also UK and I am losing money as it's 80% up to 2500 pre month if your employer doesn't top it up, so for me that's a large pay cut, that said given the way things are I'm happy to take that cut knowing I'll still have twice what I need to cover the next 3 months before I have to touch my savings. Whether I'll have a job at the end of whatever the lockdown period e…

Are you still having to work?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by protomyth » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

Red-Ted wrote: post #205

fred_is_fred wrote: post #113

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You should have already put your gym on hold - see if they will freeze it. Presumably you have not been in at least 2 weeks. Also if you are not driving you can perhaps get a discount for the mileage reduction. You might also just let them know you are laid off.

Your insurance will go up if you're unemployed don't bother telling them mate.

Second this, don't tell them - it will make life a pain in the butt.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by chrisjarvis » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

LyalinDotCom wrote: post #179

Really sorry to everyone who is out of work now :(, I wish I could do more then just give you some links and thoughts but hope this helps. 1. If you're looking to ramp-up your skills Pluralsight is giving away a free month of training this month: https://www.pluralsight.com/offer/2020/free-april-month 2. Large companies are still hiring I growth areas, I am not 100% sure but If I was a betting man anything at Google,…

Can confirm Amazon is actively hiring rn, and not just for AWS.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by exdsq » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:48 PM UTC

gigatexal wrote: post #36

Former SRE in Hamburg, Germany, laid off on the 27th of March. :( Looking for data engineering roles email at alex at alexandarnarayan dot com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandarnarayan/

I work for a company currently hiring a data engineer (100% remote):

https://iohk.io/en/careers/fk0qqod/data-engineer/#main-conte...

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

frompdx wrote: post #81

Not laid off, but in limbo. I accepted a new job at the end of February that was originally supposed to start on 3/30. Unfortunately, my start date is now up in the air due to logistical issues getting my hardware so I can start work. I no longer have a confirmed start date. It's a bummer because I resigned from my previous position on 3/13 so I could have time in between jobs. Now I'm getting a lot more time than I…

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Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by mywittyname » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

meheleventyone wrote: post #137

mywittyname wrote: post #45

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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.

Isn't this more reflective of Amazon running right on the wire operationally and needing to fire people to stay there? Why would they need an excuse to trim the fat from a purely fit point of view?

Nearly every large company has those merely competent people that they can't really justify getting rid of from a performance perspective, but these people are a bit too comfortable and the company feels like a new hire is likely to be more productive.

A downturn provides great cover for the company, since they can get ride of a bunch of these people en masse with minimal legal fuss. HR and Legal can be prepared and do it as efficiently as possible. Plus, it will look good on the balance sheet for the next quarter (if that's important to the company).

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by pkaye » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #95

pmiller2 wrote: post #85

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My company isn't doing layoffs (yet), but the next year or so is precisely what I'm worried about. I've been at my company for about 1.5 years, and, absent coronavirus, I'm very confident I'd be in no danger of losing my job. Right now, taking the risk of jumping to a new company doesn't sound appealing. But, if this goes on too long, I'm sure we'll end up doing layoffs at some point. We're already on a hiring freeze…

>a job search in the middle of a recession does not sound like any fun During the dot-com bust, I was very lucky. I had lunch with someone I knew just a few days after I was laid off for dot-com bust related reasons. And he ended up hiring me about a month later. However, during the interim I was job hunting, including meeting with various other executives I knew and I don't think I had so much as a nibble. And, of c…

Just before the dot-com bust, I decided to return to college for my masters degree. This turned out to be a good decision because soon after the bust so many were clamoring to get admitted but I was already established in my studies and I had cashed out some investments to fund my education.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dillonmckay » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:53 PM UTC

coupdejarnac wrote: post #181

erikbye wrote: post #132

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How do you find HN compares to Slashdot?

Discussion on hn is higher quality. I'm an almost original slashdot reader, user id is 4 digits. I haven't browsed there in perhaps years at this point.

It is pretty bad now, low signal to noise ratio. Lots of trolling.