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Brazilian here: for laid off in November by an UK based startup and still unemployed. Local companies seemly are willing to hire but because the flood of fired workers they are offering really bad wages. I got offered work as embedded C dev for 300 USD month... I didn't accept back then because I was still working in my old job. I regret not taking that job now. 300 USD at least is more than 0 USD.
Poland. On one hand it’s a bit slower on the other Google here hiring like crazy, Netflix opening up an office, Shopify acquiring whole companies… To me it seems like big tech fires in the US then look for cheaper workforce elsewhere. Or maybe just a coincidence?
it should only affect USA. most companies depend on investor money (some to live, like tsla, uber. some because of bonuses tied to stock prices) those companies know that investor money is directly related to FED rate. if its zero, they get invested, if its high, people will put money to work elsewhere. they only lever they have to control fed rate is unemployment. they know they are hurting their business by laying…
In New Zealand - most layoffs I’ve heard about have been US companies trimming offshore staff. At least one high profile local startup has laid people off though. Speaking as a hiring manager it’s definitely been easier to find people since around mid 2022
I know someone who lost their job at gitlab and various others working remote for US companies are worried. Most NZ It jobs are at companies serving local users or smallish NZ companies serving global markets. Relatively few work for a big global company that could easily move their job elsewhere.
Poland. On one hand it’s a bit slower on the other Google here hiring like crazy, Netflix opening up an office, Shopify acquiring whole companies… To me it seems like big tech fires in the US then look for cheaper workforce elsewhere. Or maybe just a coincidence?
The hiring market for programmers isn't as hot as it was say, a year ago. However, none of my colleagues have lot their job and the overall sentiment from people I know is that it's business as usual.
Australia has been fine. Amongst the big software engineering hirers (Google, Atlassian, Canva, big banks, WiseTech, AWS) only Google Sydney is known to be doing layoffs. Zendesk (Melbourne) did layoffs last year, but this was small scale I think, and mostly driven by their company-specific troubles.
Some American companies like Google and twitter layed off etc. "Mark43, a US company that builds online platforms for public safety organisations like police, fire or other emergency services, made its entire Australian office redundant at the end of June. Former staff member Gary* estimates around 70 people were laid off, with most of them based in Sydney."
but also local companies
https://itbrief.com.au/story/one-in-five-young-aussies-in-te...
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/finder-staff-sh...
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/sydney-technolo...
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/other-industries/me...