Ask HN: How do I get laid-off?

Re:Ask HN: How do I get laid-off? by Jemaclus on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:42PM (#35376459)

Hiring manager here. The market is really tough right now for finding new jobs. If I had a job that was "fine" and "meh", I'd take that boring safety over the risk of being a candidate in this market. The market isn't the same as it was six months or a year ago, when engineers were in crazy high demand. Right now there are a bajillion people looking for jobs, and few companies are hiring like crazy.

You may be financially secure-ish now, but consider what your financial situation might be if you are unemployed for 12-18 months. That might be too long, even with a few months worth of severance.

If you're just bored, I would ride it out until the market stabilizes a bit.

That said, if you trust your manager, then as others suggested, you can casually express that if there's a future round of layoffs, you are open to being considered.

I wish you the best of luck.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I get laid-off? by blitz_skull on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:44PM (#35396895)

Counter-point, I'm an average software developer, not great, but not bad. I started and completed a job hunt in about 2 weeks being _very_ picky about who I talked to. It was just as easy in March of 2023 as it was in March of 2021.

Personal anecdote, to be sure, but I haven't found the market to be any different. I even picked up a nice 30% bump per the tradition of my people.

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