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(disclaimer: I work at Volkswagen) Volkswagen also announced that 9,000 new jobs will be opened up with at least 1,000 of them being in the IT department in Wolfsburg alone. I wouldn't call this bad news.
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If you need 1 engineer available 24/7, you need 3 teams of 3, one each in APAC, AMER and EMEA, at minimum . You can't sustain running with less, otherwise people can't ever take vacations or get sick... if you need 2 you need at least 12 and so on.
I know it's pushing it, but couldn't one go w/ 1 team of 5 (probably 6 for minimal downtime/buffer?) in NA to cover 24/7?
(disclaimer: I work at Volkswagen) Volkswagen also announced that 9,000 new jobs will be opened up with at least 1,000 of them being in the IT department in Wolfsburg alone. I wouldn't call this bad news.
Just a nitpick but I think you meant "disclosure" instead of "disclaimer". Disclaimer would be to signal you are not sure the job figures are accurate for example. Disclaimer: English isn't my first language.
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I know it's pushing it, but couldn't one go w/ 1 team of 5 (probably 6 for minimal downtime/buffer?) in NA to cover 24/7?
Making people operate against circadian rhythm is a hard sell. Google advocates against that in SRE book.
When I was growing up, there was a 24/7 coal-mine near-by and everyone was on two-week rotations for their shift. Which (naturally) sucked. Eternal jet-lag. I thought that letting people simple pick their preferred, and stick to it would solve the suckiness...
The most surprising thing to me is that Tinder has 200 employees (and plans to double it).
That sounds perfectly reasonable. Rules of thumb: If a business has to operate 24/7 worldwide (and maybe even have office in multiple locations), it's gonna need over 100 employees. There is no sane way around that. You don't want to be in a business with less than that many, trust me ;)
How many employees did it have? 55.
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I don't know why the IEEE is always such a downer about employment, but this article is stretching it the furthest I've ever seen. VW layoffs, especially if they come in the form of factory reductions / closures, could hardly be counted as 'tech industry'. Then, the actual layoffs that they tabulated at bottom of article are all significantly less than predicted. I assume it's tied to their anti-H1B lobbying, but it'…
It's not even layoffs. Just making use of "Altersteilzeit" (early part-time retirement) and then not filling the retired jobs.
The most surprising thing to me is that Tinder has 200 employees (and plans to double it).
Dating apps are full social networks too.
"You seem pretty sharp. I airways wanted to date an app developer! You seem pretty trustworthy... Let me tell you about an amazing opportunity/app idea..."
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It's not even layoffs. Just making use of "Altersteilzeit" (early part-time retirement) and then not filling the retired jobs.
'zeit' must roughly translate into 'time' in German, based on context. Is that correct?