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Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by jimmydddd »

seniordevconfuz wrote: post #104
fred_is_fred wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure if you are in the US, but if you are apply for unemployment and apply now. The sooner you do it the longer your savings will last. And having gone through this before, you need to cut spending to the bone. Beyond not going out to eat since that is handled, but see if you can reduce your car insurance, drop online recurring services, etc.

That's a great advice. Yes I am in the US.I will start that application right now. I panic paid off my car insurance just in case things get worse. I'll shop for a cheaper phone plan. Gym memberships, online streaming and frivolous stuff will go. Capitalism for the win.

Millions of people are filing for unemployment right now. Do this first. Like, reasearch over the weekend and get to filing first thing Monday morning.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by masonhensley »

mastrsushi wrote: post #247

I was not laid off, but my contract ended 3/30. The company I worked under offered me permanent employment around 3/15. I told my recruiter during an off site lunch meeting that I was pretty much unhappy with the work, people, and location. I also foolishly added that I will take the permanent role, but asked if they could find me another one instead as I continue looking. It quickly occurred to me that wasn't the wi…

Bummer, what kind of work are you wanting to do next?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by gigatexal »

exdsq wrote: post #216
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...

Applying now. Thank you!!!

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by quicklyfrozen »

hackinthebochs wrote: post #114
topherPedersen wrote: post #31

I landed my first job as full-time professional software developer doing React-Native development right before the Coronavirus pandemic struck. By the time I finished filling out all of the hiring paperwork, drug tests, etc., they reneged on the offer. Was pretty upset about it at the time, but I guess it's hit everyone else just as hard.

Where was the job located? It seems odd that you had to take a drug test for the job. I don't think I've heard of that happening in the tech field.

If they have any government contracts they may be required to.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by sosborn »

boopk wrote: post #145

Work in entertainment marketing (theatrical trailers and promos) as a finishing coordinator (uprezzing, overcutting, versioning with different dated cards, exporting different specs for different platforms, etc) and out whole industry has essentially been furloughed. It sucks and I don't think it will be temporary, I think a lot of shops will close.

This is going to be a mass extinction event for small businesses.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by mastrsushi »

masonhensley wrote: post #252
mastrsushi wrote: post #247

I was not laid off, but my contract ended 3/30. The company I worked under offered me permanent employment around 3/15. I told my recruiter during an off site lunch meeting that I was pretty much unhappy with the work, people, and location. I also foolishly added that I will take the permanent role, but asked if they could find me another one instead as I continue looking. It quickly occurred to me that wasn't the wi…

Bummer, what kind of work are you wanting to do next?

I'd like to continue as a C# .Net developer because that's my strongest skill. I'm starting to wonder if telling employers that boxes me in.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by indiandennis »

kippinitreal wrote: post #140
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

DM me if interested - we are doubling our engineering intern class this summer, I believe 50-75 more seats, to try and help out folks who've had their summer plans canceled. This would be at least partially remote, but we are considering bring folks to the Bay Area if shelter in place ends early in the summer. (posted publicly in case others are in the same boat)

No info in your profile to DM, but I'm interested in this as well. I'm a third year CS undergrad in the Bay Area, I'd really appreciate the opportunity. My email is "jobs (at) ameyathakur.com"

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by Spooky23 »

gamblor956 wrote: post #248
Red-Ted wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I have worked in both the public and private sectors. It's not a matter of public vs private sectors at all. Incompetence on both sides at all levels, with the worse incompetence on the private side because there actually is a level of meritocracy on the public side (in non-politically-appointed positions) while on the private sector side ass-kissing is enough to get a promotion.

Agreed. Public sector has more coasters and people milking the system at low levels. But the people who actually get shit done are way more competent than the Fortune 50.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by Spooky23 »

mercutio2 wrote: post #72
pmiller2 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d be more interested in seeing the actual unemployment rate presented like this, not the weekly claim numbers.

March numbers for overall unemployment rate have been published, but they’re wildly inaccurate because their reference date is mid-month, before most layoffs started. So we don’t really know yet with precision, but it’s getting close to Great Recession levels.

No, it’s Great Depression levels. You can tell from suppliers.

I just got some equipment quoted with a 2 week delivery guarantee. A month ago there was a 10 week backorder due to Chinese supply chain issues.

The overall market is imploding. Once you see prices drop, that’s it.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by Spooky23 »

kamarg wrote: post #202
Yeroc wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, in an economic environment like this a union won't help you. We're seeing many public services staff that are unionized laid off (in Canada) and I'm sure this is happening around the world. By the end of this it's quite likely this will look similar to the Great Depression.

It wouldn't stop all the layoffs but that isn't the goal. The goal would be to give employees a vote when decisions are made on how to deal with the economic fallout instead of being the passive victims of whatever decision is arrived upon by upper management and the board. Instead of instantly laying off as many people as possible, the union could have brought other proposals to the table to try and help both the co…

Unions sort by seniority and screw everyone else. Always.
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