Does it hurt your hiring prospect if you reveal you were laid off?

Lyft / Eng
ozzy ๐Ÿฆ˜

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ozzy ๐Ÿฆ˜
May 18, 2020 23 Comments

I received a rejection from Atlassian after onsite, despite the fact that my tech interviews went fine. I had revealed to the hiring manager upfront that I got laidoff. Speculating what went wrong there, how likely is it that I got rejection because of the layoff status?

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  • I don't think so. In most cases, when people heard someone was laid off, they tried harder to get that person hired. They know that the candidate is serious and not just passively looking.

    It might hurt in negotiating salary if the manager is a low baller, but it is likely to improve your chances of getting hired.
    May 18, 2020 0
  • no one other than the interviewers know the answer.
    May 18, 2020 0
  • Not a concern to me as an hiring manager. When I see lay off news, I see them as opportunities to get an engineer.
    May 23, 2020 0
  • @op I donโ€™t think you are rejected because of that. There is always a possibility that your interviews didnโ€™t go as well as you thought it did.
    May 18, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    Shomeda$$

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    Shomeda$$
    Disagree with majority of advice here... but hey itโ€™s blind, so not sure how many of these people are just messing with you as useless trolls.

    I would absolutely tell you that being laid off hurts your chances of finding another job.

    You become less desirable and the old advice that it is always easier to find a job when you have a job is true.

    People can say what they want but this absolutely factors into hiring conversations and salary discussion. We recently offered a guy a .4 of band because he was coming from Uber after being laid off.

    Not the right thing to do but if we can catch you desperate and for a bargain we will.

    Source: L6 Recruiter
    May 25, 2020 2
    • Maybe this is Amazonโ€™s style. But not Atlassian.
      May 25, 2020
    • Indeed
      aIivia

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      aIivia
      To say that it does or does not hurt your chances across the board is naive. Industry, line of work, the needs of the employer, your skill set, the circumstances of why you were laid off, your age, race and gender, market conditions, and much more all come into play. There is no black or white answer ... thatโ€™s the reality.

      A recruiter should know this.
      May 25, 2020