What does this mean for people on work visa in US?
I am not sure about the details. Hope they make it easier.
us, covid, infa, tr*mp, visa .. so many variables
Any idea on the teams impacted ?
Not sure about the impacted team yet.
Sales teams got impacted. Looks like the whole of Beijing office got canned
Probably sales teams, powercenter teams. Cloud teams might be safe
isn't PC bringing in the most money even to this day?
Lots of sales management and junior sales reps eliminated.
Already?
So how are we going to generate revenue if we lay off sales people
Incoming round2 in the next 6 months?
It was biz dev, inside sales, cloud first response, and a few reps, pre sales, etc. They folks bringing in big revenue weren't let go from my understanding
Is it across the board or specific depts?
How much affected is India? R&D, IPS GCS, IT?
R&D is.. not sure about others..
Heard someone from cloud-dev in HQ got impacted. It is killing to have it keep waiting. Every time my manager pings me, I am like, "no!"
This is kind of first wave..
How much time do you think we have until we get hit by second wave?
Wait for Q3
Apparently 300 people across US/APAC. Seems they are putting together a really awesome severance package and people are now fighting over who gets to go. A lot of top people are seeing the package as a paid vacation for 6 months and will get hired instantly elsewhere.
6 months severance? I thought severance is only for 2 months?
Lol 6 months from now your company will be ready to hire you back, so for some it will be literally a paid vacation.