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- Pip vs Focus. My manager was bragging that he had done a great favor to me by not putting me directly on PIP. He gave me more time by first putting me on focus. Is it really true? Did he really pull a favor for me? Can someone be put directly on PIP without going through Focus? What is the difference between pip
- link Paypal layoffs just started..cut on cutting edge technologies. https://www.businessinsider.com/paypal-lays-off-emerging-technology-rd-team-broader-tech-cuts-2022-4
- vote Fast Co. failure is because of Stripe No late stage investor wanted to touch Fast because of outsized ownership of Stripe on this poor startup, is what I am hearing. Stripe is cursed it seems like. Trouble is what might happen to Stripe. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fast-the-troubled-fintech-startup-is-shutting-down https:/
- vote Left Amazon for Google. Am I insane to try and return to Amazon? Context: got made redundant from Google. I’m not a SWE. Did support engineering @ Google Cloud. It was fine for a few years, then all of a sudden, Google laid off the entire support team here and replaced us with cheap TVCs in $2-an-hour countries (it was on the news, look it up). I’m thinking of
- Did I just get pip'd? I am an SDE1 at Amazon, and just had the Forte conversation with my manager. While on the performance i have a rating of meets high bar, i have a rating of Development needed on the new leadership principles ratings. My manager was using phrases like "i have a few concerns" and "lets come up with a
- Employee termination at MSFT for software engineer process At MSFT, when you join as L61 SDE 2, how much time do you have to ramp up especially if you do not know the tech stack? During ramp up, how much help is acceptable? Like how much help can manager and L63 provide? What is the pip process at the company? I read about ir and zr. How rare is it? Gener
- How to interact with boss during coaching plan? While in coaching plan at Amazon, how should I interact with my boss? Fight all the time? Just play dumb? Comply to all ("yes, Mam")? Not show up to the 1:1? Write everything to HR and boss, especially when things look very unfair? Other? I have a gut feel she just want me out. #amazon #amazonbenef
- Two paychecks on H1B for 15 days and severances package. I have an offer but got laid off before i could resign.As per HR i'm eligible for the severance package only if i stay until month end. But my start date is April 18 at the new job. Talked to my manager and he is okay if i put in PTO from 18 until the end of month so that i can severance package.
- link Amazon PIPing veteran I didn't want to hijack the original post so created this. Why do people work at Amazon seriously? Even after working for 10 years, company doesn't trust you or cut you a bit of slack. Everyone has their rough patches in their life at some point of life. Original post: 10 yr amazonian in PIP - Nee
- link GoPuff Layoffs 🙏 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/gopuff-plans-hundreds-of-layoffs-to-cut-40-million-in-costs
- T-Mobile for Business vax mandate layoffs coming by April 4th along with EEOC complaints and class action is in the air Class action lawsuit coming for employees laid off from the vax axe that's been coming to a head and popping like princess pimple popper on April 2nd. I have heard this from SE side and another colleague that a class action will happen in combination with a EEOC filing due to forced layoffs from the
- link Peak dystopia: China's Big Tech firms are sending congratulation notes for 'graduating' to employees they're laying off If you thought Ama-PIP-zon was bad: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-big-tech-congratulate-laid-off-employees-for-graduating-2022-3?amp
- Is there any discord server where I can ask for tech job referrals? Please comment server name or link below Tc $210 #layoff #jobhunt #refer
- WTF happened with Workrise My thoughts on the overall company history, internal fuckery, and speculations that led up to yesterday’s massive layoff. I can only speculate based on what I know and I don’t have all the details or even complete history, but I’ll try… Let’s start at the beginning: RigUp was focused on oil and ga
- Lost my Cisco Job Got cut due to budget cuts. Pretty distressed and worried. I rarely ask for help but would appreciate referrals for Product Management roles or Project management roles. Anything in tech, preferably FAANG. Promise to pay it forward. I've worked in the PM space for about 5 years. Have experience wit
- Yext Layoffs Rumor I heard Yext is laying off over 100 employees. Anyone know details?
- When was the last big layoff at Apple? Just curious, and what areas where affected the most?
- Entered PIP at Amazon, need help with referrals Hi all, I just entered PIP at Amazon. Although I m being positive that I can come out of it., I do want to be prepared for the worst. My manager tasked me with a project to deliver. She said if I can execute it efficiently I will be out of this coaching phase , till then they will do regular check i
- vote Got Fired from Wells Fargo Today after struggling for 9 months in Wells Fargo by starting my day off at 4:30 AM, I raised my opinion that these working hours are not suitable for my lifestyle. The reaction of my manager and HR was ‘can you do at 5 AM?’ I explained them that these hours will not leave any balance to my perso
- Understanding 2020 layoffs at msft Msft employees, were the 2020 June layoffs really large? I know msft was hiring during that time but I saw some software engineers were impacted? Was it a reduction in force? Does Microsoft have annual layoffs? I thought they stopped. TC:80K #rif #pip #ura #layoff
- 2 and 10 yield curve inversion You think the fed is going to reverse and choose the economy or fight inflation? How concerned are you about job security?
- Microsoft software engineer rif time given At msft, when company goes through reduction in force or layoff in certain groups or orgs, how much time is given for software engineer to find another job within the company? You go through entire interview process again? TC:70K #pip #recession
- Amazon - need improvement My manager shared forte feedback to me today, and my performance is Need improvement, any suggestions? Joined amazon for about 10 months now as new grades, did not expect that tho. I do finish the tasks, but I did not do much coding work, tasks I get are not very impact I guess. Also get a new mana
- How's life at Better now After the recent layoffs in other departments, how does the engineering fare? Are there still people leaving and wanting to leave or has it stabilized?
- Better.com laying off 4000 tomorrow. What's the purpose? Just saw the tech crunch article about Better planning to lay off 4000 employees tomorrow. Didn't you guys already perform the public PIP via Zoom Q4 2021? You must be losing tons of money + key executives every month. What's the underlying reasoning for laying off 50% of the staff? Did you guys hir
- Wow, Vishal, made some bad choices bruh So this round of layoffs helped our buddy Vishal maintain more profit but this dude is getting gored on social media#layoff
- link BETTER LAYOFFS: These MFs should not be in leadership roles! The infamous asshole Vishal Garg who fired Over 800 employees over zoom is back with another round of layoffs. This time his company is laying of half of its workforce that is about 4000 employees. So basically on woman’s day this company is showing zero empathy to pregnant women working their but
- Mega thread - Layoff 💣📉 What are some signs that you are about to get laid off? (Requesting all the managers/Directors to post to increase general intelligence and help people be prepared to search for a new role) #severance #layoff (Please feel free to post signs that you are about to be PIP’ed as well)
- Mental health leave on PIP? I'm currently into my PIP. Can I still claim mental health leave? I actually really need it. I have a lot going on in my life right now. Thinking about working with some members on my team sends me into panick attack. This is the worst team I have ever worked on. My therapist can even right me a let
- Pip or take severance I was informed that I am officially in pip. I have two months from now to get out of pip by meeting some goals. My tenure is 2.5 years and my next vest is due in 2.5 months for 30k. Want some advice on whether I should stay and take the vest or take severance and leave now. I am not sure how much se
- Got PIP'd from Amazon, unable to get interview calls.Should I tell I am still working there? Hi community, Reposting as my original post got deleted. I got PIP'd from Amazon in Q4 2021 and am unable to get interview calls while applying to new companies. I think the main reason for it is the 3 month career gap I have on my Resume? I know this is not ethical, but should I say I am still wo
- Better laying off 4000 Better laying off 4000 people after their last round of laying off 900 people!! Please DM if you want referral for Dropbox!
- Got laid off on H1B I work (or used to work rather) as ml engineer in a European company in Bay Area, CA. The product and the team were really solid. Lost my job as a result of some corporate restructuring. All in all I believe that this is probably a good thing for me. But my concern is since I'm on a H1b it is going
- link BuzzFeed News Announces Layoffs and Departure of 3 Top Editors https://www.adweek.com/media/buzzfeed-news-announces-layoffs-and-departures/
- Layoff at PlayStation. Retail team Conference call today laid off the entire retail merchandising/marketing field team and their support. Including managers and up. Related, anyone know of any field teams hiring or remote marketing teams hiring would love a referral!
- Companies are heartless towards you. You have every right to be heartless to them too. As title and post.
- How’s the severance package for Pip in top tech How much severance package the company gives employees for PIP in top tech companies?
- T-Mobile Religious accommodation extension Who here that works in the 38 states that operate in front facing roles with business customers have been approved an extension in writing for their religious accommodation? If so how long was yours granted for. What I find incredibly hard to understand is how you can approve it prior then turn arou
- Layoffs - Zillow, peloton, better - who’s next? In a short span of 4 months it looks like these orgs have put thousands of people out of their jobs What’s causing these companies to lay off their work force ? How do you foresee, prepare and jump ship before the lay off hits? Is there a pattern? Who is next? #better #peloton #zillow #amazon
- Any word of layoffs at AXP? I'm hearing rumblings...? #layoff
- As an ex-Amazonian, want to write about signs of PIP at Amazon. You work at Amazon and are stressed about layoffs. Here is what you should know about when and what can cause PIP at Amazon. #layoff The first sign of PIP is month of August. If its August then you are getting close to URAseason and you can get fired. Second, if you are on a project that is finis
- Layoff from start-up So I have been at a seed start-up for 6 months as their head of support. Slowly, the company changed and the owner wants to have all the people in Costa Rica(our engineers are there), for a much smaller cost. He is having people on a B2 visa coming to the states for a longer time (5 months at a time
- Layoffs in Uber Eats? I've recently gotten an offer for a Strategic Operations Manager position in the Uber Eats (Eater Operations) team. The only thing holding me back from accepting the offer is the fear of layoffs. I'm at Amazon currently in a safe & steady job. However, the pay is shite. The move to Uber will give m
- Just got laid off and looking for referrals Just got laid off today due to restructuring. I designed for a well-known B2C hardware/software company. If you love your company, a referral is appreciated! Am located in sf.
- link [unpopular opinion] Layoffs will make Better.com stronger This is going to be a controversial post. First I want to say, my heart goes out to the people that have been let go by better recently. 1) Corporations can evolve into structures in which people are not doing anything important. It’s not that those people aren’t working hard, it’s that, for whatev
- Urgent: Question on grace period on H1 Asking for a friend who is not on Blind rn. How does the grace period during unemployment of H1B work? 1. Does the 60 day timer stop when we file H1B transfer and USCIS sends us the receipt? Or 2. Does the 60 day timer stop when we start with the job? There are varied opinions on internet, hence
- Is it legal for company to release your info of PIP Is it legal for the company to release any information about my performance? Or any reasons of employment termination? #layoff #pip #tech
- Giving back to the community: H1B layoffs I was laid off on H1B and joined new company today. The journey was not easy but it was achievable. If anybody is in the same boat, I just want to say that hang in there, something good will be there for you. I’m ready to give back to the community. Feel free to ask any questions. While I’m not a
- link Can anyone verify the report that GCP is laying off its entire US Support Team? Big if true https://www.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/t5jp48/google_cloud_just_laid_off_its_entire_us_support/ #layoff #google #gcp
- Employment Attorney Recommendations. I would appreciate any recommendations that the community may have regarding the best employment attorneys in the Silicon Valley area. #severance #layoff