Seems like all big companies follow the same recipe. A wave of layoffs in engineering, later weirdly synchronous a wave of layoffs in HR, hiring freezes. Everyone copies each other, almost synchronized. Making work more intense, convincing us that we need to be worried about it. I've decided to step out and only come back when the situation improves. Looking for a chill low-pay place in some small company and ignore this shitshow. I am not expecting the situation to improve like it was a year ago, but until it becomes decent again I am not going to play these games. TC: 300k Edit: I am still at amazon and teams are understaffed due to a hiring freeze and under a lot of pressure.
So you want $300k annually AND great job security? 😌
I know people making 450k and enjoying decent wlb. It all depends on the place you are
Where are these people?
Same here
Google, can you buy me a burger. I am living in poverty
Bananas are healthier anyway
Good for you. Why lean in when you can comfortably lean out?
Why not just keeping until they lay you off or force you into a situation you don’t like? Then you can find a chill job.
Yeah exactly, that's the natural thing to do. Why would you stress yourself looking for and starting a new job. Plus you'll get some kind of package when they let you go
You don't get a package if you're PIP'd, at Google at least.
Smaller company = greater exposure = more pressure = shorter runway = higher risk = less certain TC
all my previous career in smaller companies outside of the usa were more chill. 100% times
It’s much easier to be a big fish in a small pond if you’re competent. The difference is in a small company there’s very little room for error, you won’t have a series of more senior people to validate your work, there’s nowhere to pass the buck, there’s no easy CYA move, your work very directly impacts people around you, and it unambiguously affects the bottom line. You also must watch the company itself, because mismanagement puts you at serious risk. Definitely higher risk.
It's a myth smaller companies don't pay well (not talking about Zillow) I come from a smaller non tech. The pay was 150k but I know for a fact leveling up was a piece of cake. You can grow levels faster and increase your TC in smaller companies rather than being stuck at the same level and starting TC at bigger Don't let anyone dissuade you from looking at smaller company offers
All of my layoffs and bad experiences came from small companies, but there are tens of thousands of smaller companies, I’m sure we can’t generalize based on a small sample.
Okay correction. When I say small I mean relatively unknown non tech like United, home Depot, Experian etc. I have generally had and heard of good experiences in companies falling outside tech
Start a coffee shop and franchise a chic fil-A or something
Did you know there is a < 1% acceptance rate for a Chick-fil-A franchise application? Look it up
Most prestigious fast food franchise
The economies in America are cyclical. Will you sit every bad economy out?
yep, why not
Go back to school. The job market is fuckked now and I’m going to sit it out. No point joining a company on monday and getting laid off on friday.
Collect unemployment while going to school.
Gotta collect as many severances as possible. Don't need to do real work if you're let go in a few months either lol.
But you’re okay with compromising your tc?
He thinks that until he sees what it’s really like to get peanuts
I think not chasing the top money will only make my life happier. If not, I can continue chasing later. Also, funny how entitled clowns here call salaries under 200k peanuts