My brother's coworker just returned from a family trip to China and voluntarily arranged to WFH for the next two weeks. There is no WFH policy enforced at the company for people who have visited China, where the virus is spreading quickly. The company did halt business trips to Asia though. Facebook...Read more
prescient predictions from sunday about spread in bay area https://siliconvalleystories.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-in-bay-area.html folks wfh, avoid public gatherings, take responsibility edit: for folls debating based on misleading cfr and r0 values, the blog has enough legit references p...Read more
Is Facebook still hiring through the coronavirus? Any potential of offers being rescinded?
Blind is gathering info about which companies are working from home and which companies have confirmed cases. According to the answer form, seems like pretty much all the companies listed are WFH at this point. Facebook, Google, Amazon, LinkedIn and others have confirmed cases of the virus among the...Read more
I am really concerned about what is taking place. Curious to know your thoughts on this. With Bill Gates stepping down from Microsoft and putting all his resources for the ID2020 alliance in December they will include chips in mandatory vaccines. Interesting how the virus came just shortly after th...Read more
Imo there's nothing he could have done. He was probably presented with options to handle the pandemic. But the probability of coronavirus pandemic was almost certain. The issue is the legal system and culture. Imagine lockdown vs non lockdown reduces the chance of widespread corona by 1%. Would you ...Read more
Read on the news that the IRS is planning on issuing economic Stimulus checks upto $1,200 to individuals and upto $2,400 for couples. Any idea if tax paying H1B visa workers would see any of this cash ?
Hearing about lots of offers rescinded in the last few days. Took some time out to compile this list of tech companies freezing hiring or doing layoffs (and the few that are still hiring): https://candor.co/hiring-freezes/ updating live and adding several datapoints every hours — email me at hell...Read more
Will upcoming summer internships at companies like Amazon, Microsoft etc. around the Seattle area get cancelled due to Coronavirus? what you all think? edit: also what do you all think the chances are for cancellations? Likely?
https://medium.com/@amwren/forget-about-the-death-rate-this-is-why-you-should-be-worried-about-the-coronavirus-890fbf9c4de6 Very good article about why we should be worried. #coronavirus #covid-19
I accepted an offer at Airbnb before this whole coronavirus thing happened and was set to start in a few weeks. Anyways, I'm starting to get worried about joining with the way things are going with the economy and potential job security if I do join (I'll be joining a more experimental/non-core-to-b...Read more
Anyone here from Wuhan? How is the situation there? Do you think this is a start of a new epidemic?
It seems mostly from sales and hiring. 10 weeks of severance pay. Not sure if engineering is affected. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/21/linkedin-cuts-960-jobs-as-pandemic-puts-the-brakes-on-corporate-hiring.html
just heard my city has coronavirus. will my company naturally expect everyone to work from home?
My friend’s startup just laid off 90% of all employees cause of recent market downturn. Any other firms have similar stories?
Does anyone here on Blind experiencing any Coronavirus like symptom yet? e.g. dry cough, fever etc... TC: 385 YOE: 6yrs