New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers

Re:New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers by tail_exchange on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @02:30PM (#37574124)

I remember applying for a job at Twitter in 2021 (or was it 2020?). I did really well on the interviews, except for one due to a dumb mistake. I was rejected, and I was really bummed out because of it. It felt like a great opportunity had just slipped through my fingers.

Fast-forward a couple months, I got a better offer from a better company, and I can't help but think that I dodged a huge bullet there. I can't imagine being stuck at Xitter during these times when the job market is so bad. My sympathies to the people who are working there now.

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Re:New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers by itsoktocry on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:33PM (#37577073)

>these times when the job market is so bad.

Friend, the job market is not remotely close to "bad". It's "normal" at worst.

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Re:New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers by doubleg72 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:37PM (#37578571)

I would even say normal is a stretch, even on average. At least in my area of expertise, a whole host of new jobs are available now than they were five years ago. There are so many more remote/hybrid jobs that were around before, healthcare is still seeing shortages, manufacturing/fabrication jobs are plentiful like I can’t remember, and the effects of “college bad, trade schools good” have left us with less engineers than can be utilized, across man disciplines, as college enrollments continue to fall.

This is just anecdotal data, from m monitoring of various job sites regularly over the years. Of course, it could be that Indeed, Linkedin, etc have gotten more popular over the years, but I see increases everywhere. The local hospitals were laying people off in 2018-19 for example, while now they are seeking doctors, nurses, EVS, Bio-Med, and many other positions.

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Re:New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers by tail_exchange on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @10:10AM (#37584361)

Really? I see so many posts about the tech job market being terrible and people not getting any offers. Have you been job hunting recently?

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