longhairedcountryboy t1_j5eseud wrote on January 22, 2023 at 2:16 PM

Who is getting laid off? People who didn't go back to the office?

I have worked at home since the year started with 19 so I miss out on office politics.

cusmilie t1_j5f08uc wrote on January 22, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Some firings were whole teams that were working on projects that were going nowhere or losing money. Companies transferred a few employees they really wanted to keep and moved them to other teams. Some firings were recruiters and HR people no longer needed as most companies are on hiring freeze. Some firings were those related to sales that were fired due to decreased sales. And then there were firings across the board in multiple departments to get rid of positions not needed where workload can be offloaded to other existing employees.

WA state publishes the amount of employees fired in every company who live in WA. I was shocked at the number of tech employees fired that live in Puget Sound area - it was surprisingly low percentage, definitely less than 20%. So virtual or not virtual didn’t seem to make a difference.

Zeal514 t1_j5exweo wrote on January 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM

I am wondering the same thing... I'm looking to learn to code now, and change careers in 6 months or so. I want to be out of field service by the end of the year. Gonna be pissed if I learn python, AWS, Java, Bash & kubernetes and there are no jobs for me.

This tech layoffs don't seem to be saying exactly the fields or ppl that are losing their jobs, and it doesn't feel like any large group of ppl are experiencing issues enough to complain, atleast not yet.

SparePartsHere t1_j5f4qrk wrote on January 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM

Don't panic, there is still a huge shortage of tech workers. Those big companies just hired far too many people (because free money) and had no real work for them. Now that interest rates are rising they have to cut the costs.

longhairedcountryboy t1_j5f1ju8 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM

Nobody has been laid off at my company. We would hire somebody next week who has the skills to do the work. I think it is scare tactics as much as anything. Big Companies want people scared for their jobs.