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Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
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Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#22Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Without going as far as "dog eats dog", I don't know if I would feel the need to socialize with laid off people if I got laid off. What would that serve? It's not like one of them is gonna be like "hey, we're hiring at my company!". Socialize with people who have a job.
Other people laid off are looking and might find something for you. They are looking for companies actively hiring.
People who have a job 1. don't have time during the day and 2. only know about their company since they aren't looking.
I would guess that even if someone had my exact skillset, I would be better off teaming up with them in the search than avoiding them. We could identify more jobs and there is a good chance one of those is looking for more than one person.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#23Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
One thing I appreciate about our industry is people tend to be generally helpful or atleast give you parting advice with no strings attached.
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#24It just occurred to me that so many people were laid off, we could start the world's largest software co-op (and arguably one of the largest tech orgs, period). We could build software products that every industry needs, that every worker owns a part of and can vote on org-wide decisions. Literally everyone you need was laid off... Tech people, business people, marketing, sales, etc. We just need a forum and some vol…
What products would companies/individuals pay for?
Yeah the difficulty isn't even thinking of a good idea, it's reconstructing the enormous legal barriers, government contracts, and relationships with private capital that the existing tech companies have cemented over decades.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#25Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Without going as far as "dog eats dog", I don't know if I would feel the need to socialize with laid off people if I got laid off. What would that serve? It's not like one of them is gonna be like "hey, we're hiring at my company!". Socialize with people who have a job.
People have networks. It’s important to leverage different networks and get help.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#26Blind[1] is a decent community to get a glimpse into what employees truly feel about employers, get referrals and overall tech career advice. It can get rather toxic and troll-ey at times, but you can filter that out to focus on the useful stuff. [1] - https://www.teamblind.com/
Aside from referrals channel, Blind is terribly neurotic and toxic.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#27Blind[1] is a decent community to get a glimpse into what employees truly feel about employers, get referrals and overall tech career advice. It can get rather toxic and troll-ey at times, but you can filter that out to focus on the useful stuff. [1] - https://www.teamblind.com/
At times? It's a cesspool of negativity and lies. Good content is the exception on Blind. Deleting that app is one of the best things someone can do for their mental health.
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#28It just occurred to me that so many people were laid off, we could start the world's largest software co-op (and arguably one of the largest tech orgs, period). We could build software products that every industry needs, that every worker owns a part of and can vote on org-wide decisions. Literally everyone you need was laid off... Tech people, business people, marketing, sales, etc. We just need a forum and some vol…
Why should they all do this?
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#29It just occurred to me that so many people were laid off, we could start the world's largest software co-op (and arguably one of the largest tech orgs, period). We could build software products that every industry needs, that every worker owns a part of and can vote on org-wide decisions. Literally everyone you need was laid off... Tech people, business people, marketing, sales, etc. We just need a forum and some vol…
Isn't this more-or-less what the GNU Project and Apache are?
Re: Ask HN: Where are laid off employees gathering?
#30Each man for himself. I'm seeing a dog eats dog mentality.
Past that, why do you want to hang out with other people who are doing poorly when you could be hanging out with people who are doing better?
Being laid off does not equate to doing poorly. Some people just get cut because some people who wear suits to work seem to not care.