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You'll find success faster if you split up and join the talent pool sooner rather than later. If you're trying to get hired as a team, that sounds new, so empl

You'll find success faster if you split up and join the talent pool sooner rather than later. If you're trying to get hired as a team, that sounds new, so employers might not have heard of such a thing. It's the first time I've heard of something so preposterous. Maybe if it was a progressive state like Colorado, I could understand, but Tennessee? I can't stand the hot, humid summers myself. Then you have chiggers and scorpions to worry about. ;)

fecak 10y ago
Getting hired as an individual is obviously easier than getting hired as a team, but they may have a bit more leverage as a team because it can solve many problems for a company very quickly and they have some demonstrated experience working together. The risk of a team dynamic and "fit" is reduced dramatically. Getting hired as a team is hardly new. Acquihire is incredibly common, and this is essentially the same thing.
hn94805 10y ago
It's true it'd probably be easier individually. On the other hand, there have already been offers on the team. And none of us are really worried about not being able to find a job. We just work well as a team and like the idea of sticking together. As to Colorado vs Tennessee: Maybe it's not for you. I personally prefer our city as a well kept secret.
hawski 10y ago
Intel R&D office in Poland was opened in this way. There was a company that was shutting down (not relocating) and whole team was employed as new R&D office. Anyway, that was something like it. My previous company also was relocating and we wanted to stay as a team. We sent few e-mails to companies that had similar profile. We thought about placing advertisement in national and financial newspaper, but because it was relocation and not lay-offs we were not sure if that would backfire. Few companies hired more than 3 persons each out of it and maybe one had small team afterwards. You have to be lucky to pull this off.
imsofuture 10y ago
It's preposterous other people want to live in different places?
Grishnakh 10y ago
Chattanooga is probably the most progressive place in Tennessee, a bit like Austin's relationship to the rest of Texas. As for hiring a team, I have heard of companies poaching their competitors' employees before, not as a whole team at once, but one by one (they hire one guy, then he talks to his former co-workers and they switch to the new company too). I'm not sure why companies don't do more of this when they can; it'd be a great way of beating your competitors, since the employees are the ones who build the product and know everything about it. There's likely some non-compete issues in some places, but in California that shouldn't be a problem, as case law already bans enforcement of non-competes, and that lawsuit a few years ago with the big tech companies proved that non-poaching agreements are also illegal.
gricardo99 10y ago
I was part of a 12-ish person team that was hired by another company after a site closure. This was 10+ years ago, and I can imagine it's only more feasible/prevalent now. Edit: The hiring company was in Alabama. The closing company was in the back woods of California (not SV).
krschultz 10y ago
It's only preposterous if you aren't at the higher levels of the companies. 3 of the last 4 companies I worked for considered either selling out as a team or hiring a team. It's a thing, just not some thing that is talked about all that much because it's fairly sensitive.

fecak 10y ago

Getting hired as an individual is obviously easier than getting hired as a team, but they may have a bit more leverage as a team because it can solve many problems for a company very quickly and they have some demonstrated experience working together. The risk of a team dynamic and "fit" is reduced dramatically. Getting hired as a team is hardly new. Acquihire is incredibly common, and this is essentially the same thing.

hn94805 10y ago

It's true it'd probably be easier individually. On the other hand, there have already been offers on the team. And none of us are really worried about not being able to find a job. We just work well as a team and like the idea of sticking together. As to Colorado vs Tennessee: Maybe it's not for you. I personally prefer our city as a well kept secret.

hawski 10y ago

Intel R&D office in Poland was opened in this way. There was a company that was shutting down (not relocating) and whole team was employed as new R&D office. Anyway, that was something like it. My previous company also was relocating and we wanted to stay as a team. We sent few e-mails to companies that had similar profile. We thought about placing advertisement in national and financial newspaper, but because it was relocation and not lay-offs we were not sure if that would backfire. Few companies hired more than 3 persons each out of it and maybe one had small team afterwards. You have to be lucky to pull this off.

imsofuture 10y ago

It's preposterous other people want to live in different places?

Grishnakh 10y ago

Chattanooga is probably the most progressive place in Tennessee, a bit like Austin's relationship to the rest of Texas. As for hiring a team, I have heard of companies poaching their competitors' employees before, not as a whole team at once, but one by one (they hire one guy, then he talks to his former co-workers and they switch to the new company too). I'm not sure why companies don't do more of this when they can; it'd be a great way of beating your competitors, since the employees are the ones who build the product and know everything about it. There's likely some non-compete issues in some places, but in California that shouldn't be a problem, as case law already bans enforcement of non-competes, and that lawsuit a few years ago with the big tech companies proved that non-poaching agreements are also illegal.

gricardo99 10y ago

I was part of a 12-ish person team that was hired by another company after a site closure. This was 10+ years ago, and I can imagine it's only more feasible/prevalent now. Edit: The hiring company was in Alabama. The closing company was in the back woods of California (not SV).

krschultz 10y ago

It's only preposterous if you aren't at the higher levels of the companies. 3 of the last 4 companies I worked for considered either selling out as a team or hiring a team. It's a thing, just not some thing that is talked about all that much because it's fairly sensitive.