Lyft laying off 13% of staff

Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by fny on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:23PM (#33456064)

This is all pretty standard culling. They're just trying to scare people into recession think (i.e. don't try to negotiate a raise) and rehire cheaper outsourced or--get ready for this buzz word--"insourced" labor.

Remember, the big tech cos also increased their work force sizes dramatically during COVID, so a more aggressive reduction push is understandable.

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by ulchar on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:59PM (#33456636)

What would "insourced" mean exactly? Cheap remote domestic hires?

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by papercrane on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:22PM (#33456952)

Unless it's taken on a new meaning, insourcing is just the opposite of outsourcing, i.e. using the companies own workforce and resources for a project.

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by jonny_eh on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:56PM (#33457393)

That doesn't sound that scary.

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by booi on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:59PM (#33457455)

That’s just called a job

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by fny on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:05PM (#33457536)

Yes. They hire devs from the Midwest instead of major metro areas.

The term was coined during the Obama era[0] and I've seen it shopped around by a few US dev shops recently. It's also called "near shoring" or "rural outsourcing."

[0]: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/01/11/everyth...

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by henryfjordan on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:29PM (#33457961)

I've heard "near-shoring" before but always in the context of hiring workers from Mexico or other countries further south that share time-zones with the US.

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by PragmaticPulp on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:00PM (#33459152)

> Yes. They hire devs from the Midwest instead of major metro areas.

Which is great, IMO. It's time we opened the doors to more talented developers across the country rather than requiring everyone to move to a few big cities to get the best jobs.

Yes, compensation will come down relative to those big cities, but it will still be coming up for those devs outside of major metro areas (otherwise they wouldn't be taking the jobs, obviously)

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by sn_master on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:58PM (#33459142)

The term "insourcing" was used in the movie "The Campaign" to refer to bringing cheap Chinese labor to the US and paying them similar wages and offer same working conditions as in China to save on shipping costs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwdvvzKJqs&t=32s

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by ChuckNorris89 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @04:15PM (#33456846)

> big tech cos also increased their work force sizes dramatically during COVID

During Covid freshly printed money was raining from the sky fort big tech. Not so much now.

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