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Impending layoffs at my Tech firm, AMA
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:01 PM Author: seedy coffee pot At a Tech firm where we have impending layoffs in the next 3 months. 10-30% expected. AMA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708329) |
Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:08 PM Author: wild spot Size of company? What do you do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708352) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:15 PM Author: Glittery nursing home He poasts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708368) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:17 PM Author: Up-to-no-good boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708376) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:18 PM Author: Bateful claret den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728488) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:15 PM Author: seedy coffee pot I'm an Engineering Manager. Mid-size Bay Area Tech company. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708370) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:15 PM Author: Glittery nursing home We don't "AMA" here, champ. We Take Questions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708371) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:16 PM Author: seedy coffee pot Thank for the feedback. Let's sync again during tomorrow's stand-up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708373) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:17 PM Author: Up-to-no-good boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708377) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:24 PM Author: Glittery nursing home Who is getting axed? Just a general cut across the company, specific teams, entry level engineers, middle management, etc.? Why the huge range (10% is pretty different than 30%)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708397) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 3:24 PM Author: seedy coffee pot Company is in bad shape. Cuts are across the board, and include SLT. Senior leaders are running around like headless chickens. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708741) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 3:43 PM Author: Glittery nursing home Sucks, ZIRP really collectively fried the brains of seemingly every tech C-suite in the country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708795) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 9:56 PM Author: seedy coffee pot Absolutely, we are not as bad as Block who is basically returning to pre Covid levels. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49709895) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 9:34 AM Author: Milky impertinent bbw pit So Block is not cutting half the workforce because of AI? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49710922) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 10:03 AM Author: Glittery nursing home No, because they massively overhired. Same shit that happened to Twitter (which he also ran). AI is just the excuse to save face; and tbf it's not entirely incorrect, but they would be cutting staff to appease shareholders even in a world where LLMs didn't exist (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49710992) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 12:12 PM Author: seedy coffee pot This ^. Expect another 10-15% of tech layoffs thru 2026 via various means. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49711484) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: Charismatic Corner Becky CR. But counterintuitively this idiotic war of choice soil crisis is going to boost SaaS valuations because it’s an industry with no moving atoms in its supply chains or go to market, and the huge recession it will cause will reinstate ZIRP. So most of these companies are going to rehire in mid-late 2027. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728406) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: Bateful claret den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728506) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 1:26 PM Author: vigorous trailer park pistol Because of ai? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708413) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 3:25 PM Author: seedy coffee pot Nothing to do with AI. Company is in bad shape. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708745) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 3:33 PM Author: vibrant messiness locus What does the company do? How much time do you spend gulc gulcing your boss? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708767) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 7:30 PM Author: seedy coffee pot That would be doxing myself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49709384) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 10:46 AM Author: vibrant messiness locus You can keep it vague enough. Or else why make the poast. Do you love cock? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49711118) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:20 PM Author: Bateful claret den OP, ANSWER THIS MAN! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728511) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:29 PM Author: seedy coffee pot I am at a SAAS company that is in the productivity domain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728569) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:39 PM Author: vibrant messiness locus Have you considered doing something less gay with your life? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728618) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 5:44 PM Author: seedy coffee pot I like this area. What else is less gay? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49729831) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: Tan Beady-eyed Hell Place Of Business wow. everybody spends a little bit of time doing this. you must really be putting in the hours such that it would be outable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728402) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 4:02 PM Author: Glassy Well-lubricated Office Is anyone bringing in donuts? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49708832) |
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Date: March 2nd, 2026 5:51 PM Author: Submissive shivering milk clown grindr? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49709117) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 9:36 AM Author: opaque mewling forum patrolman Per jjc Twitter, grindr is very well run and professional. Bumble is in disarray. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49710931) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: Glittery nursing home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728473) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:24 PM Author: mint kitty cat cr. Grindr is lean and jacked. 10% bodyfat looksmaxxed finance function. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728533) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:24 PM Author: Bistre Boiling Water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728536) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 5:46 PM Author: Fishy marketing idea ticket booth i've had a long-short grindr-bumble position for a while now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49729841) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: seedy coffee pot We are running around like headless chickens trying to show impact. All the higher-ups are worried. We're a lifestyle company that is now scared since we're going thru imminent layoffs and folks are worried they won't get another job.
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: Glittery nursing home what's a "lifestyle company"? like the gen Z boss ladies? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728470) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: seedy coffee pot Majority of leadership doesn't care about the product or customers, they are looking for a place to "work" and build their bank balance without working too hard. That is being upended now. The worst part is the senior leadership team know if they get fired they wont find another job ever.
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:37 PM Author: Glittery nursing home wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728611) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:20 PM Author: crusty address lifestyle company meaning good work life balance and benefits? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728512) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:21 PM Author: poppy famous landscape painting sandwich Like the gay lifestyle? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728521) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:25 PM Author: Bateful claret den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728539) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 2:57 PM Author: Submissive shivering milk clown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49729192) |
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Date: March 9th, 2026 12:22 PM Author: Bateful claret den But I thought everyone was treated "like family" ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49728522) |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 8:39 PM Author: :;;::::;;;:;:;:;;;:;;;;:::: How should I prep for this? Buy put options on my company? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49746612) |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. Meta is slashing 40% of the company supposedly. Scary times. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49746987) |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 10:53 PM Author: Roblox The last couple of years has been the worst time to be in big tech. A tech worker at, say, Walmart or Marathon Oil or Delta Airlines, is doing much better one at FAANG. Because Walmart or Marathon Oil aren't investing in creating AI data centers. FAANG is laying off tons of staff to spend that money on AI data centers.
2010 - 2022: Rest & Vest at Big tech. Laugh at the lower tech folks who make 1/3 of what you make for same work.
2022 - present: AI layoffs. Cut throat work culture. |
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Date: March 16th, 2026 12:01 AM Author: \'\'\"\"\'\'\'\" I am actually one of those AI niggers working at the former trying to get into FAGMAN now. The latter pays like multiples of what we get, multiples man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840413&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49747130) |