PeppyBanana
PeppyBanana

Is it Justified

For years I have been listening that tech companies are most cash rich and then I hear most lay off happens in IT companies. They say they value their employees, what a hipocracy! Ah...

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GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

The poor CEO and shareholders need a second private plane, how do you expect them to survive with only one?

DizzyMuffin
DizzyMuffin

I blame it on terrible management decisions. Couldn’t they rein in hiring to reasonable levels?

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News Discussion
by SleepyCupcakeSoftware Engineer

Rant on the layoffs

I have been through ups and downs in IT, but these layoffs seem crazy. There is just no pattern to it, more like everyone is firing let me fire.

Honestly I feel its high time Tech companies, Startups take a hard look at their business...

Software Engineers
by ZoomyMuffinFounder

Why are Techies so delusional?

There has been a huge influx of posts dissing roles like Product, Marketing, HR etc. by Techies.

Every other post, or comment is made by them undermining the value of other depts and these cuties think business runs just by their sub-...

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Interesting POV. Nassim Nicholas Taleb mentions an interesting advice. If you don’t know what to do, follow what...

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As a senior software engineer I agree with this post 100% Software devs are some of the most business ignorant people...

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Mediocre people attack mediocre people. Mediocre people also feel attacked from mediocre people. People who a...

Layoffs
by SparklyBurritoMicrosoft

Tech has failed to be a good employer; Layoffs are just one example

The economy went down? Yes. Did it affect all kinds of companies? Yes

Did the banks fire any one? No Did the Railways fire anyone? No Did the media agencies fire anyone? No

Did Large Tech companies and IT fire people? Absolute...

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Not the way it works. It's a function of how fast an industry grows -> The faster it is, the more you have to hire i...

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Looks like people have taken offense to this post and want to continue to protect their tech overlords

News Discussion
by SparklyWaffleSoftware Lead

Layoffs - who do you blame?

Just an open ended question on why are layoffs happening on such a scale. I personally feel the skill to salary ratio has fucked up so much lately that the companies are having to fire people who are essentially useless to them. More of ...

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Absolutely agreed. Hiring in hordes because money was easily available earlier and founders/companies thought that th...