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Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by nerdponx on Thursday January 04, 2024 @12:36PM (#38869848)
That's not been true in my experience. Engineering figures out how many people they want, finance tells them how many they'll get, and that number of people gets hired. But maybe it's true at really small early-stage companies.
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Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by paxys on Thursday January 04, 2024 @12:52PM (#38870061)
Yes but that's the number they will hire department-wide over the full year vs for one position in the next two weeks.
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Re:Those jobs you're applying to? They might not be real by noirbot on Thursday January 04, 2024 @11:49PM (#38875798)
On the other end, that's also extremely true at large companies. My last job, all hiring was functionally locked in at the fiscal year rollover. There was no emergent need so large that the budget could allow you to hire anyone new until the next year. Didn't matter if the entire team was about to quit (and then nearly did) because of understaffing. Budget was budget.
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