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What’s with these massive layoffs?
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The Universe is expanding
stringertom
Bionic Poster
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happyandbob
Legend
there it is!
Bertie B
Hall of Fame
Corporate Greed.
Nah, it's a real storm.
What about Europe? The Empire cut EU off their supplier to be replaced with expensive North America stuff.... which mean NA customers will have to pay higher prices for their energy.
Nah, it's a real storm.
What about Europe? The Empire cut EU off their supplier to be replaced with expensive North America stuff.... which mean NA customers will have to pay higher prices for their energy.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
To work from home? Companies never got a face to face meeting with hired employees, and now they are laying them off. Less awkward.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
I am hoping that some of the idiots that were involved in censoring get laid off.
Lol at the video below.
Lol at the video below.
You mean the ones who did not allow fake election news from right-wing losers to spread and incite the public and stage a terrorist attack on the capital?
Maybe they were not good enough because gullible diots like you still got fooled.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
No, I mean the idiots who censored people like Jay Bhattacharya who is a professor of medicine talking about public health policy.
Opinion | The Twitter Blacklisting of Jay Bhattacharya
The social-media platform revealed that many had been censored and shadow-banned.
www.wsj.com
Purestriker
Hall of Fame
Yes, way easier. They can just send an email or do it over Zoom/Teams chat. Out of sight out of mind.
No, I mean the idiots who censored people like Jay Bhattacharya who is a professor of medicine talking about public health policy.
Opinion | The Twitter Blacklisting of Jay Bhattacharya
The social-media platform revealed that many had been censored and shadow-banned.
The link is behind a firewall.
Anyways, it doesn't matter. I have seen videos of eminent doctors from across the world which proclaimed that there was no pandemic and that vaccines were ineffective. They got their moment of glory as being a contrarian, and the rest of the world which does not want to die went with safety guidelines and vaccinations. There is always a demand for intellectual-prostitute Professors who cater to the right wing. They include evolution deniers and racial and casteist apologists.
Nothing wrong with that since all the work before was remote too. Do you expect the company to pay for the employee to come over for a in-person exit interview?
Purestriker
Hall of Fame
Most of the folks being reduced are salary based employees so they are getting paid anyway. I don't agree with remote based work unless you are in the IT space. As remote employee you miss out on career development and or promotional opportunities. But if you can get it, get it.
IT space does not have much to do with it these days as many jobs do not require anything more than an Internet connection.
I know of people who have been working remotely in sales, marketing, liaison etc long before Covid. If the supply chain requires meetings with clients all over the world, it does not matter where you are.
Purestriker
Hall of Fame
Sales folks have always been remote and quite frankly their not known for a strong work ethic. During the pandemic our club set records for the most golf rounds in a year (10X) and the majority of those folks were sales oriented. I have seen greater collaboration when teams are in a setting together vs. remote. Will be interesting to see if remote work stays the fad it is. Again, If you don't care about ever getting promoted then it is fine. But if you are not around your leadership at least occasionally, then they won't feel as comfortable promoting you.
I did not say remote work is good for the employee long term. I am just saying that the perceived advantages of onsite work are often offset by commuting time and other overheads which companies often don't realize.
Is it rude to fire employees via email? I think it is. They should be invited to the office and be given some gifts or a farewell party!
www.indiatoday.in
Google CEO Sundar Pichai fires over 400 employees in India over email: 5 things to know
Several Google employees suggest (on LinkedIn) that the company sent an email to impacted employees last night. As per reports, over 400 employees in India have been given the pink slip.
www.indiatoday.in
Rago
Hall of Fame
"Good Management" nowadays is defined as a bunch that takes care of its shareholders. It has nothing to do with employee satisfaction.
And then, management wonders why they suffer from attrition.
You hire and fire like the employee is a piece of meat but act surprised when he puts down his papers. Ridiculous.
And then, management wonders why they suffer from attrition.
You hire and fire like the employee is a piece of meat but act surprised when he puts down his papers. Ridiculous.
PistolPete23
Professional
I was part of the 20% that my startup cut. It isn’t a single dominant factor that caused the layoffs, but the unfortunate confluence of many factors into a perfect storm. What made it worse was that immediately letting us go, my company made C-suite hires. Lesson learned: No matter how educated and hardworking you are, you are still expendable. There is no such thing as job security in tech.
Azure
G.O.A.T.
I am sorry for you. I know its horrible to be let go. After a couple of my colleagues were let go, I have become very cognizant of two things - always keep yourself updated (resume, skills, interview ready etc) and work only on projects that will allow you to add to your resume. Its never worth being too attached to your company. Its worth upskilling yourself in the time you get instead.
LuckyR
Legend
You get what you pay for.
chuckersthenut
Semi-Pro
The trades are desperate for workers. The Mexicans are still too afraid of electricity to take up the slack thank goodness.
Azure
G.O.A.T.
Well there is a reason why experience counts. You need people at mid management too. Senior leadership is far removed from todays technology and the newbies can only implement changes. However to guide newbies and to make meaningful changes you need the experienced guys. This is the reason people need to be upskilling all the time.
PistolPete23
Professional
This is not true when it's more costly for companies to train a newbie than to keep an experienced worker. In many cases, an experienced worker in tech has additional value, not just years.
Rosstour
G.O.A.T.
Smart companies think this way, dumb ones just see a big paycheck and big insurance premiums and want them off the books.
But don't bite the messenger...
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Srsh is learning how to use ChatGPT.
Does that count as upskilling?
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
ChatGPT was modeled after Srsh’s answers to the questions made to him in this forum.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
stringertom
Bionic Poster
This wood mean ChatGPT3 is fed merde de taureau, non?
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
I’m afraid that you’ll have to take the questions personally until service is restored.
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
Thankful I don't work for any one particular company.
Although the revenues are down due to less spending on streaming platforms.
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Bionic Poster
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stringertom
Bionic Poster
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Azure
G.O.A.T.
I don't know what you do but I keep hearing this - "grow a steady second source", "do multiple gigs" etc. I am just not that talented and frankly think its easier said than done. I am fairly good at my job and anyone who rewards me (with good work, environment and money) commensurate with what I bring to the table is all I care about.
There are some guys here who have full-time tech jobs and also own 3 restaurants.
Problem is that usually the other people in their teams suffer because such people are very clever and find ingenious ways of doing minimal work and dumping the rest on others. I even know a person who is thinking of anonymously reporting a person like this to HR (for doing other work which interferes in office work).
Azure
G.O.A.T.
Yes that is totally unfair. I can understand. Moonlighting is a major topic in India too.
It works for jobs which are strictly time-based. The problem comes with other jobs which don't have well-defined time boundaries.
Azure
G.O.A.T.
yes
Rafa4LifeEver
Legend
I did not mean that lol. I am an independent data analyst who works for multiple companies, same profile everywhere. No multiple gigs etc. Just that I've not bound myself with one particular company. Doesn't mean everyone should be doing that, and neither did I ever suggest that.
And kindly don't be too harsh on yourself by saying those words such ad "I'm not talented" etc. you're a greatly talented, lovely, caring & generous lady.
Azure
G.O.A.T.
Sorry, I guess I misinterpreted. I thought you did two or more different jobs. ThanksI did not mean that lol. I am an independent data analyst who works for multiple companies, same profile everywhere. No multiple gigs etc. Just that I've not bound myself with one particular company. Doesn't mean everyone should be doing that, and neither did I ever suggest that.
And kindly don't be too harsh on yourself by saying those words such ad "I'm not talented" etc. you're a greatly talented, lovely, caring & generous lady.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
I have a friend who would be really interested in what you "bring to the table".
But in a literal sense
stringertom
Bionic Poster
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