GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”
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GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”
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#2Ah yes the across-all-industries-of-tech bullshit bonanza continues.
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#3Oh good... another CEO mass-firing statement that takes no responsibility and indicates no negative side-effects for their "leadership" ability.
To those recently let go, I hope you find a new opportunity in a place where the those in charge actually care about their employees; and they have the foresight to ensure their long-term well-being.
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#4Any idea why 6-8% are such common numbers in most of the recent tech industry layoffs?
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#5Any idea why 6-8% are such common numbers in most of the recent tech industry layoffs?
It's an amount you can do safely without your employees or shareholders thinking you are a sinking ship, as that's what everyone is doing.
However don't be fooled - it will be 7% repeatedly until things stabilize. People think it's just 7% once. It might be, but this will be repeated if needed.
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#6GoDaddy was the first software engineering job I worked for. I had interned there too. It's understandable that the external perception of the company is bad (and even sexist), but internally GoDaddy was a great place to work.
They're always a major sponsor of Grace Hopper. They were adamant about hiring women. They made my internship so much fun, and I am still friends with many of my co-interns from that summer. Of the places I worked for, GoDaddy was the only one I would say had a "family" like quality.
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#7It's interesting seeing GoDaddy/Gitlab lay off so late in the game. Jeff Lawson (TWLO) who is a fantastic financial and product focused CEO did his prep work in September last year with 11% of the company. I find it pretty hard to grok what your FP&A team must be like if you're a b2b supply chain business thinking about this stuff Q1 in global economic downturn.
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#8Any idea why 6-8% are such common numbers in most of the recent tech industry layoffs?
Layoffs typically go like 7%... then you get another 1-2% of people who jump from the sinking ship. Then you get another round of 5%.. and another 1-2% who jump from the sinking ship and end up at a nice round number like 15%. Looks better than laying off 15% at once (although Zoom is doing great?)
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#9I have the feeling that these announcements never specify that it's mostly programmers or technical people, but HN reacts like it is.
Maybe they don't need as many secretaries and gophers as before?
Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”
#10GoDaddy was the first software engineering job I worked for. I had interned there too. It's understandable that the external perception of the company is bad (and even sexist), but internally GoDaddy was a great place to work. They're always a major sponsor of Grace Hopper. They were adamant about hiring women. They made my internship so much fun, and I am still friends with many of my co-interns from that summer. Of…
I've literally never heard about sexism directed their way, but given you worked there I'm sure you know better the story of treatment they get. What was the sexism, who was it directed against and why do you reckon they recieved it?
The only experience I have with GoDaddy is their awful support, and predatory practices. Ditching them has been the biggest single improvement to our IT practice.