Ask HN: Who is firing?

Post by _Codemonkeyism » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 5:07 AM UTC

flukus wrote: post #21

desdiv wrote: post #14

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I did a double-take when I saw Twitter posting[0] in the Who's Hiring thread. What's the rationale here? Why are they firing and hiring at the same time? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851502

> Why are they firing and hiring at the same time? Because downsizing via attrition is a death sentence. The worst people are the most likely to stay and then new hires will be unlikely to stick around and deal with the code from the worst people. Once the spiral starts it's hard to get out of.

Post by planteen » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 5:14 AM UTC

frogstomp19 wrote: post #37

Not technically "firing" I suppose but all of the dev org in Atlanta and SF, including myself, were laid off at athenahealth last week. Something like 120 people. Sucks.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 5:18 AM UTC

nwenzel wrote: post #35

malbs wrote: post #12

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Ahh FuckedCompany.com I remember when I sat in an interview for a position at marchFIRST in Melbourne, Australia. And when it came time in the interview for them to ask "Have you got any questions for us?" "Yeah, look this is kind of awkward, but I've seen marchFIRST mentioned quite a number of times on this website called fuckedcompany.com... Is that indicative of any issues I should be aware about?" "Oh, don't worr…

I worked at marchFirst back in the day. Even had the chance to meet Bob Bernard. That experience shaped how I run the company I co-founded 3 years ago. M1's number one problem was a culture of spending money without any thought of a return. Which was probably really odd for folks on the Whitman Hart side of the merger. It really was a merger of two opposite cultures.

Post by kokon » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 5:21 AM UTC

desdiv wrote: post #14

Keverw wrote: post #5

Twitter is firing the people who worked on Vine. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/10/27/twitter-strong-q3... Really love how you are doing the opposite for this thread. I guess It helps people get prospective on both sides :)

I did a double-take when I saw Twitter posting[0] in the Who's Hiring thread. What's the rationale here? Why are they firing and hiring at the same time? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851502

Post by greglindahl » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 5:21 AM UTC

dgc wrote: post #36

alasdair_ wrote: post #23

The DNC. At least once the election is over so it doesn't look terrible for all concerned.

I imagine that will be the RNC as well. Kind of a tradition in an election year ^_^