For years we had people on here bragging how little work they were doing while getting paid $300-900k, laughing at people making “peanuts” and putting long hours … as if execs and higher level folks don’t read blind too. There are no free lunches, what did folks think would happen at the first sign of a downturn? Now execs are convinced that nobody is working and are laying people off even when there is no need to. Thanks for nothing blind
Relax bro
I’m generally just kidding tbh. It’s funny watching the feathers that are ruffled though
How stupid 🤦♂️ people who actually are at CxO level couldn't care less about what's everyone crying about on here or wherever. For all they care, majority are shit posters or trolls. They have bigger fish to fry. Financials, General economic outlook and the bottom line matter more than easily replaceable employees. Also, employees are fixed costs and can easily shrink / boost depending on the requirement. Stop blaming random crap and think about how you bring value to your place
Same happened after 2000 and 2008. Blind and YouTube were not in existence in 2000 and Blind was absent in 2008. Grow up. CEOs are also employees. Their job is to make companies profitable. They already know what middle management has been doing: Empire building. Have you seen what is the promo criteria of middle management? They are the reasons for this mass layoff season. Companies should fire the empire builders first and fill middle management position who can build innovative teams and deliver. Fire all status quo managers.
Correction. The layoffs in 2000 and 2008 were due to severe recessions, if you’ve been paying attention. There hasn’t been any recession, and the “economic headwinds” that they were claiming aren’t really a thing, yet they’re still laying off people like it’s going out of style
The current trigger is to retain the same momentum which came during COVID. Everyone was working from home and online services saw a massive jump in DAU. Now the DAU has been dropping and these companies are trying to retain the profit margins. Also they are using these RIF savings for investment in AI.
TC or GTFO
Blind is a very small subset of tech workers my guy
Yeah blame the little guy bootlicker 💀
Blind assholes, bragging about making $300k-900k and doing little work are not the little guy. Get a grip 😂
No you get a grip. In capitalism you either control the capital or you work for who does. Most engineers on Blind do the latter and just wanna provide for themselves and their families. You should be blaming the fucking corporations who are suppressing wages so bad they haven’t kept up with inflation in decades. Instead of complaining about your fellow engineers getting paid what they’re worth, you should advocate for other people in the working class to also be paid as much if not more for certain industries. People are struggling with recession after recession, no retirement savings and homelessness on the rise. You get a fucking grip.