Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone?

Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by red-iron-pine on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:05AM (#35386537)

I wouldn't be surprised if most FAANG and similar tier companies require a linkedin account; mine did.

HR sent policies, and would help you with a headshot, with the idea you'd use that w/ your email, Teams, etc. as well.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by robin_reala on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:18AM (#35386705)

That sounds spicily illegal to my (admittedly EU-based) eyes, unless it’s literally written into the contract.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by whitemary on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:06AM (#35388208)

Spicily? What is that supposed to mean in this context?

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by belter on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:20AM (#35388424)

plobably because the user was tricked by spellcheck...

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by blacksmith_tb on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:00PM (#35393585)

I sort of like it, but I would bet it was supposed to be "suspiciously".

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by 300bps on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:07AM (#35386573)

Is that requirement to aid in the prevention of double-working?

That is, people who accept two full time jobs and do a half-assed job at both of them.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by KptMarchewa on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:31AM (#35387712)

Usually those people do quarter-assed job at best - unless you literally have work that could be done on upwork.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by pengaru on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:47AM (#35387948)

HR can say a lot of things, and you can ignore them.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by kevinventullo on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:21PM (#35389389)

Neither Facebook nor Google requires employees to have a LinkedIn account.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by JohnFen on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:37PM (#35391365)

> I wouldn't be surprised if most FAANG and similar tier companies require a linkedin account; mine did.

What?? Companies do this? Such a requirement is so crazy that I would drop the company as a prospect immediately even if I had a LinkedIn account.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by ResearchCode on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:48PM (#35392503)

Surprised any FAANG uses teams. I think the only headshot you might need is for your badge, can't imagine any serious company mandates LinkedIn (that would be your boss deciding that and not HR).

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by arroz on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:46AM (#35387092)

Actually even this is wrong. Every laid off employee with a LinkedIn account that changed their employer on LinkedIn. I typically am not in a hurry to change mine.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by KptMarchewa on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:30AM (#35387701)

Waiting 2-3 months to see if new job is a good fit is usually a smart move.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by pcthrowaway on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:13PM (#35392905)

I don't know if people are still doing the /r/overemployed thing, but I imagine you aren't in a hurry to change it if you are.

It's also possible that the recently-laid off are settling for lower salaries but more employers to make up for it

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by KptMarchewa on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:50PM (#35394134)

I guess now managers would be way less willing to accept underperformance though... and more picky on recruitment.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by aix1 on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:14AM (#35388333)

The analysis is full of bad assumptions. For example, the section titled "Top Impacted Countries" is completely off: the article was written in Feb 2023 and in most countries the layoffs hadn't even begun back then (in a bunch of countries, including a couple "analysed" in the article, the layoffs are still to take place as I'm writing this).

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by stevenzzzzzzz on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:59PM (#35389927)

If you want a more comprehensive list, here's a list of all the employees anonymized by title that were laid off in California (the only state with google warn filings that publicizes titles in their warn records): https://www.warntracker.com/?company=Google

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by JohnFen on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:35PM (#35391338)

And only about half of the programmers I personally know have LinkedIn accounts in the first place.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by marginalia_nu on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:37PM (#35391371)

I have one. Although it says I work at a place that shut down in 2017.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by Animats on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:36PM (#35393267)

Mine says "see my Github".

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