Re:Tell HN: Netflix doing mass layoffs today
by cableshaft on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:39PM
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Depends on the company. A lot of companies only give a few weeks, if any, so you're scrambling for a new job in the middle of the holidays, when most companies aren't hiring anyway.
Netflix is different though. They tend to give generous severance packages.
Doing them on Dec 24, yes that would be a dick move to ruin Christmas day itself.
But mid-December isn't worse than any other time. People get severance so it's not like kids are going without presents -- these aren't hourly laborers we're talking about. And you can use the holidays to take some time to think about your next plan of action.