Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US developers?

Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by thundergolfer on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @08:14PM (#34890189)

Australia has been fine. Amongst the big software engineering hirers (Google, Atlassian, Canva, big banks, WiseTech, AWS) only Google Sydney is known to be doing layoffs.

Zendesk (Melbourne) did layoffs last year, but this was small scale I think, and mostly driven by their company-specific troubles.

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by solution-finder on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:43PM (#34890933)

A few layoffs in Microsoft Sydney too.

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by mbo on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @09:45PM (#34890947)

Layoffs in Amazon Brisbane.

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by ulfw on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:05PM (#34891119)

Several companies did layoffs here. Australia is not immune.

Some American companies like Google and twitter layed off etc. "Mark43, a US company that builds online platforms for public safety organisations like police, fire or other emergency services, made its entire Australian office redundant at the end of June. Former staff member Gary* estimates around 70 people were laid off, with most of them based in Sydney."

but also local companies

https://itbrief.com.au/story/one-in-five-young-aussies-in-te...

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/finder-staff-sh...

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/sydney-technolo...

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/other-industries/me...

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by newrotik on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:08PM (#34891511)

No layoffs at WiseTech.

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:20PM (#34891602)

Ah WTG! How many soccer fields is the office now?

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Re:Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US deve... by amorphic on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:10PM (#34891530)

Australia here also.

I'm a Tech Lead with a solid CV looking for a new gig. I'm finding it noticeably more difficult to get recruiter attention (let alone interviews) than I'd expected.

My gut feeling is that there are likely more candidates applying for any given job than there were late last year.

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