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Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by 3pt14159 »

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…

I'm sorry to hear that dude.

Haskell is a demanding language, so you're almost certainly a pretty senior dev. If so, consider volunteering to help organizations during the downtime. Worst case, if you can't get that dream gig back it will certainly make your resume stand out when you're looking for your next thing. Best of luck.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by petercooper »

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…

Sorry to hear that. And I agree with your conclusion. However, it could be a good time to work on a side project (for no money) if you have any ideas, especially something that might help get another gig after the furlough. Best of luck and stay safe.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by SamWhited »

20% paycut here. This comes after being laid off a few months ago when Docker sold their enterprise version (sort of, the new company made us all offers but they have terrible benefits among other problems so most people didn't take the offer or only stayed long enough to find something else), so we're all a bit sad. There was then an immediate around of layoffs right after that (though thankfully my department wasn't affected).

At least we still have a job, and I'll take the pay cut if it means we don't have to make anyone else redundant, but I wish the employees had a seat at the negotiating table for any of this.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by HPsquared »

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…

It might make sense to look now - at the end of the scheme, there will be a huge flood of people all looking for jobs at the same time.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dominotw »

treyfitty wrote: post #18
dominotw wrote: post #4

I found this forwarded layoff referral list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HvI7axSIXsQRQH0IJ2GG... not sure what the source is.

Most of the names are Indian... is it safe to assume contractors are the ones being laid off first at the moment?

or source is an indian website ?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by PopeDotNinja »

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…

Hang in there!

What are y'all doing w/ Haskell? Is it regular ol' programming and someone just picked Haskell, or is it a use case where Haskell shines exceptionally well?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by McPhale »

Half my team just got put on a 30-day minimum furlough (myself included). The other half has been reduced to working one week on and one week off. The car rental business is not in a good place right now.
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