Comment by SV_BubbleTime

Comment by SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago

You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? Try and get in at someone else about to return to office? Freelance? IDK about anyone else, but I haven’t considered a contractor since AI Coding hit hard, I had poor experience with contractors anyhow, now I’m not sure I see the point of rolling those dice again.

It’s kind of a soft market unless you are working directly on AI models.

So, is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees? Maybe. Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take.

misiek08 2 days ago

We are observing the most valuable people leaving, because they easily can get a job at place where they care more about value you get to company than the bonus you will get as C-level after firing highly paid workers.

In the cases we know (I have a group of people working in different small and medium corps in Poland and Germany) - the people that are staying are either too lazy to change work or they are just not enough to get remote job.

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SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago

Ok, sweet deal if you are one of the most valuable employees in big tech. Sounds like a perk that many people would seek out.
Are you?
If yes, cool. If no, well, seems like you have rationalized that not everyone will get WFH regardless on your feelings about it

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- baq a day ago
  
  If you’re the C-suite making this decision without realizing your best remote workers will quit even in this job market because they’re your best employees, you shouldn’t be the C.
  If you do realize this, as you most definitely should since it is not rocket science in any way, your projections about short and long term value of institutional knowledge these folks take with them better be accurate.
  
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johnnyanmac 2 days ago

>You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what?

1. take that time to startup that business you've been thinking of doing

2. Coast on the months of savings and years of stock until things get better. Perhaps you even have enough for a soft retirement.

3. try to rapidly interview and hope you have a ship to jump to before the hammer comes down.

4. interview anyway because you know this means a layoff round is coming even if you wanted to move because not enough people quit on their own.

> is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees

If by "committed" you mean "most compensated", then yes.

>Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take.

Sure, maybe. But Meta knows that isn't the reason. They lost the BOTD since 2017 in my eyes.

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SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago

On number one, sure, take all the risk yourself. It pays off sometimes. And when it comes to hiring people you need to work as hard as you do, you can tell them they can work from home.

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- satvikpendem a day ago
  
  I will, because it's cheaper for me and more productive for them to work from home.
  
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op00to 2 days ago

This is the exact tech job market to start looking and have interviews/offers scheduled so you're not screwed when layoffs happen.

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SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago

Ok, fair, but roundabout reasoning.
Your choice to leave makes it a certainty. A soft market mean uncertainty.

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