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Disney Layoff
- 28,000 employees getting laid off at Disney... I thought they were doing okay with their streaming services...I guess not. Hopefully, Disney folks on Blind are okay... https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/disney-to-layoff-28000-employees-as-coronavirus-slams-theme-park-business.html
- Will Hulu disappear? If Disney merges with Fox, Hulu will be 60% owned by Disney. Disney is preparing for Disney plus and has already taken its content off of competitors. Analysts project that Disney and Fox's merger may cause thousands of layoffs. Will Disney really allow Hulu to coexist? Or is this the end of Hulu? A
- Seems like Disney laid off more people... Are you Disney and Fox folks okay? Doesn't seem like it's too many people... https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/disney-layoffs-hit-nearly-60-in-media-distribution-division-1203318688/
- Any recent layoff in bay area? Did Disney have any bay area layoffs? Or Chase or any other companies?
- Update: Should I volunteer for layoff/saverance? Update: So layoff did happen but I wasn’t laidoff even after volubteering to my manager. turned out my manager was already on exit route (seems like as an exec he got advanced notice and time before layoff). I did secure a FANG PM job and starting soon. Now a lot of Disney employees are furloughed
- vote Disney vs Shopify Update This was me https://www.teamblind.com/post/Disney-vs-Shopify-gD1TRMJk Summary from last post: Blind told me to negotiate my Shopify offer. I did and negotiated offer is 6k more in base than initial offer. Shopify negotiated offer: 141k base, 25k RSUs (75k over 3 years) = 166k Disney 2022 comp: 1
- Future at Hulu My interview has been paused since August. Will Hulu be opening up positions or are they a part of the huge layoffs Disney will be having next year.
- CEO's delimma What do you think is the right approach: 1. Firing 15% of the employee base( HR, sales etc) or 2. Reduce salary of all employees by 10%( engg, Sales, HR) w/o firing What is your opinion. Let's take example- Disney or Local gym chain. Take your pick to answer #severance #layoff
- Disney and Fox! Will this just lead to layoffs? Another media giant merges...Thoughts from people from the industry? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/disney-ceo-bob-iger-sent-a-memo-to-employees-fox-deals-close.html
- Culture at Disney+ Saw a job post that i want to apply. How is the culture there? How is their engineering culture? Are engineers considered as 2nd citizens (because the parent company disney isn’t tech) or are they like tech start up? How is WLB and compensation and benefit? Any recent layoff? TC: 150k
- Compiled list of layoffs due to COVID19 [UPDATED] Extended from the previous list. There might be others by now. But is it roughly any close? Layoffs so far: ============ 20% UBER 17% LYFT 40% JUUL 25% Tripadvisor 20% Zipcar 13% Patreon 20% GoPro 45% Eventbrite 44% Groupon 13% Cargurus 35% Opendoor 20% Zume UD CircleCI UD Cisco 17%
- Return Offer Got Delayed Indefinitely, I Need Advice So the recent Disney and reorg have put my Hulu return offer on hold indefinitely. There are rumors that Disney is not planning to keep Hulu in the future. I have only started to apply to new grad positions since the announcement of this decision (mid October). I am now VERY actively applying, reach
- HELP: Looking for job/referral | Laid off Hello, I’ve been interning at Millipore Sigma since June 2019 as a Database Developer and recently got laid off due to COVID. I graduated in May this year with a MS in CS from SUNY Binghamton. I’ve been applying a lot for Data/Business Analyst roles but haven’t been receiving any callbacks. If anyo
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- How rx6800xt can beat rtx3080? Nvidia invested 2.8 bils in while AMD spent 0.5bils in R&D? 🤷🏻♂️ Should I buy AMD stock instead? Engineers at AMD are so much more efficient?
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
- Looking for a Tech Mentor I am 26 and in early stages of tech career. I am a Software developer but very interested in ML stuff. I am looking for a mentor. Can any one help me or tell me how can I find a mentor
- Biden Win- Tech What does it mean to Tech when Biden wins?
- High TC (>$350K) earner SWEs How often do you produce highly impactful work? Do you feel your glorious TC is well earned? TC - $400K YOE > 10 yrs
- ML models for mining industry Hi Blind buddies, I have an industry related question. What kind of problems can ML solve in mining and using which algorithms? #data #dataanalytics #datascience #machinelearning
- Does your company's 401k plan support Mega Backdoor and individual stock investing? Hi folks in tech, I'm trying to learn about implicit benefits from 401k plan of each companies in the tech industry, since this is not considered in TC but could make huge difference at retire time. I'll really appreciate your inputs. Questions: 1) How much does your company match your 401k deposit
- Looking for referrals for software engineer role in Seattle area Hello everyone. I have 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and looking for position in Seattle area. I was wondering if anyone here can provide me referrals? #referral #interview #softwareengineer