Hacker News with Generative AI: Layoffs

How should software engineers adapt to AI-driven layoffs? (ycombinator.com)
With major tech companies laying off mid-level engineers due to AI efficiency gains, what strategies are engineers using to stay competitive?

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Layoffs, Career Advice

10 points by nguyentranvu 21 hours ago | 20 comments

Meta to Cut 5% Workforce (nytimes.com)
Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business

18 points by darth_avocado 3 days ago | 1 comments

Meta Is Planning to Cut 5% of Lowest Performers, Memo Shows (bloomberg.com)
Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based eliminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to all employees.

Meta, Layoffs, Business, Technology

22 points by toomuchtodo 4 days ago | 15 comments

Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across departments (cnbc.com)

Microsoft, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Jobs

8 points by rainhacker 6 days ago | 2 comments

Missing out on jobs because of LeetCode (skarlso.github.io)
At the end of the last year, my previous workplace ( Weaveworks ) went bankrupt. I found myself without a job.

Job Hunting, LeetCode, Software Engineering, Layoffs

27 points by skarlso 9 days ago | 28 comments

Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees (businessinsider.com)
Microsoft is planning job cuts soon and the company is taking a harder look at underperforming employees as part of the reductions, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Microsoft, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Performance Management

21 points by 72f988bf 10 days ago | 7 comments

Laid off for the first time in my career, and twice in one year (dillonshook.com)
So, I got laid off again… This time it was the week before Christmas, last time it was a week into paternity leave. Both great timing, I know. Last time I didn’t feel like writing about it since it was a swirl of emotions with a new baby in the house and the first time I had been laid off in my career, 13 years in at that point.

Layoffs, Personal Experiences, Career, Job Market

291 points by luu 10 days ago | 318 comments

After Layoffs, Why Do Tech Firms Still Claim Talent Shortages? (behindhrdoors.com)
Imagine you’re fresh out of college with a computer science degree, hungry for a job, or maybe you’re a seasoned professional, armed with years of experience and glowing references.

Tech Industry, Layoffs, Talent Shortages, Employment

31 points by thehrfairplay 13 days ago | 16 comments

Tesla replaced laid off US workers using H-1B visas (electrek.co)
Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs earlier this year with foreign workers using H-1B visas, which CEO Elon Musk is now campaigning to increase.

Tesla, H-1B Visas, Layoffs, Employment

66 points by wzm 18 days ago | 24 comments

2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry (wired.com)
For people who make video games, 2024 was a year of holding on for dear life. At the annual Game Developers Conference in March, “Survive till ’25” was this year’s incantation, summoned to keep morale on pace. Others resorted to full-on screams, as layoffs in the industry charted record highs and developers found themselves under attack online for conspiratorial nonsense.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Economy, Layoffs, Online Harassment

19 points by m463 24 days ago | 2 comments

Google CEO reveals major job cuts as part of "efficiency" move (techradar.com)

Google, Layoffs, Technology, Business, Efficiency

7 points by antimora 25 days ago | 1 comments

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says search giant has slashed manager roles by 10% (nypost.com)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed a tenth of the search giant’s managerial roles since last year as part of a drive to become more efficient.

Google, Business, Leadership, Technology, Layoffs

8 points by belter 27 days ago | 1 comments

'Burning through cash,' Boston Dynamics lays off 45 employees (boston.com)
Waltham-based Boston Dynamics laid off 45 employees last week, representing a reduction of five percent of the company’s workforce, The Boston Globe reports.

Robotics, Business, Layoffs, Boston Dynamics

4 points by ivewonyoung 32 days ago | 0 comments

Yahoo cybersecurity team sees layoffs, outsourcing of 'red team,' under new CTO (techcrunch.com)
Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team — known as The Paranoids — over the last year, TechCrunch has learned.

Cybersecurity, Layoffs, Yahoo, Outsourcing, Tech

6 points by cannibalXxx 35 days ago | 1 comments

Startup Conducts Survey on Stress Among Employees, Fires Those Who Were Stressed (officechai.com)
Indian companies have been laying off employees in large numbers over the last few quarters, but they seem to be getting increasingly creative in finding out which employees to let go.

Layoffs, Workplace Culture, India, Artificial Intelligence, Business

5 points by MattGrommes 39 days ago | 2 comments

Startup fires 100 employees after 'fooling' them with mental health survey (indiatimes.com)
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Startups, Layoffs, Mental Health, Business Ethics

10 points by codechicago277 40 days ago | 7 comments

Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off (theregister.com)
The Mozilla Foundation is laying off about a third of its staff. The non-profit org, which oversees the corporation that develops the Firefox web browser, insists it will continue its advocacy mission, though its approach may change.

Mozilla, Non-profit Organizations, Layoffs, Technology, Web Browsers

13 points by urlwolf 44 days ago | 4 comments

More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day, weeks before Christmas (pcgamer.com)

Video Games, Layoffs, Business

41 points by jarsin 44 days ago | 79 comments

Tesla Cybertruck workers begin 3-day furlough, signaling demand slowdown (yahoo.com)
Tesla’s (TSLA) Cybertruck may be hitting a demand rut.

Tesla, Automotive Industry, Economics, Business, Layoffs

16 points by addaon 45 days ago | 27 comments

Elon Musk Rehires Entire Supercharger Team After Firing Them (glassalmanac.com)
In a surprising turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided to rehire the entire Supercharger team that he recently fired, effectively halting one of the company’s fastest-growing divisions.

Elon Musk, Tesla, Business, Layoffs, Rehiring

8 points by Tomte 47 days ago | 3 comments

Performance improvement plans are on the rise (wsj.com)
In the messy business of getting rid of employees, the PIP is having a moment.

Performance Management, Human Resources, Layoffs

127 points by impish9208 50 days ago | 191 comments

Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut (cnn.com)

Elon Musk, Government, Layoffs, Technology, News

8 points by slow_typist 51 days ago | 1 comments

Tech-Giants Use Unethical Layoff Practices to Justify Bias and Retaliation (medium.com)
Picture this: You’re a high-performing employee at one of the world’s most admired tech giants — a company that touts its values of transparency, employee well-being, and an unrelenting commitment to innovation. You’ve hit your targets, earned accolades from your peers, and even gone above and beyond to deliver results. But then, without warning, you find yourself on the receiving end of a performance review laced with criticisms you never saw coming. Your contributions, once celebrated, are suddenly diminished.

Tech, Layoffs, Ethics, Bias, Workplace

7 points by ZuckMusk 57 days ago | 0 comments

Ford to cut 4000 jobs in Europe, cites disruptive shift to EVs (torontosun.com)
Ford Motor Co. says it will reduce its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds from the economy and pressure from increased competition and weaker than expected sales of electric cars.

Ford, Automotive, Europe, Electric Vehicles, Layoffs

3 points by ivewonyoung 57 days ago | 1 comments

A Viral Google Doc Experiment During Google Layoffs (le-brun.eu)
January 2023 was a chaotic month inside Google. Without warning, the company announced 12,000 layoffs—roughly 6% of its global workforce. Panic set in as employees woke up to find their access suddenly revoked. There were stories of people discovering their fate while on parental leave, others mid-project, or even while on-call. Overnight, the atmosphere shifted from business-as-usual to fear and uncertainty.

Google, Layoffs, Workplace Culture, Social Media, Business

7 points by laurentlb 63 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing issues layoff notices as aerospace giant cuts 17,000 jobs (foxbusiness.com)
Boeing said it is issuing layoff notices to employees who are included in the aerospace giant's broader workforce reduction plan.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Workforce Reduction

4 points by tomohawk 64 days ago | 1 comments

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of employees, ends open web advocacy, privacy (osnews.com)
More bad news from Mozilla.

Mozilla, Layoffs, Open Source, Advocacy, Privacy

10 points by josephscott 64 days ago | 1 comments

AMD to lay off 4% of workforce, or about 1k employees (cnbc.com)

AMD, Layoffs, Technology, Business

15 points by Element_ 65 days ago | 0 comments

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 325 more workers (engadget.com)
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's research center responsible for robotic space missions, will lay off more workers before the year ends due to budget constraints.