Blind TL;DR Edition No. 44: Week Ended Sept. 9, 2022
Blind TL;DR helps you stay on top of what shaped the tech industry this week in about 3 minutes. Keep tabs on the latest with insights straight from the newsmakers—technologists like you.
Earth’s best employer?
Amazon has no plans to enforce a companywide policy about working in the office. Unlike the other tech giants who required staff to come into the office beginning this week, the internet giant has no formal return-to-office policy.
Find out what it’s like to work at Amazon right now.
Layoffs aren’t off the table
Fun has died at Google. The company cut social events, off-sites and some travel to try to become “20% more efficient.” A memo to senior managers asked them to review already approved travel to ensure the internet giant was being thoughtful about company resources. The head of HR hasn’t ruled out layoffs in the future.
Read more about Google’s cost cuts—only on Blind.
Goodbye, responsibility!
Meta closed its responsible innovation team, which advised internal teams and academics about privacy and ethical issues within the company. Most of the team of about 24 people moved to different groups, but they weren’t guaranteed new jobs at the company.
Check out what this means for Meta.
Does anyone even care anymore?
Inflation doesn’t exist anymore, according to Apple. The tech giant unveiled its new iPhone and iPhone accessories this week, and one of the biggest news headlines about the event was the unchanged prices of the iPhone 14, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max.
Get the reactions to the Apple event on Blind.
Mission accomplished
Have you heard of a startup laying off its entire security team? Patreon fired its team of five this week, calling the move a part of a “strategic shift” in how it thinks about security, privacy and data. The company has also cut a lot of its external spending on security recently. This is the startup’s third layoff in the last three years.
See why some Patreon employees are skeptical.
Behind the scenes with the recruiters on Blind
There are more recruiters on Blind than you might think. Some top public tech companies rely on Blind’s recruiting agency Talent by Blind to hire engineers. We go behind the scenes with one director of talent acquisition to understand the skills they’re looking for, how they find candidates, and what their interview loops look like.
See how Talent by Blind works.
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