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I was in the middle of an interview loop with Bolt mid-Apr, they canceled my onsite so they could (supposedly) prioritize onboarding people they'd already hired
by kleinsch 4y ago
I was in the middle of an interview loop with Bolt mid-Apr, they canceled my onsite so they could (supposedly) prioritize onboarding people they'd already hired. Dodged a bullet there. Also did calls with Coinbase, Uber, and Twitter, who all now have hiring freezes.
Boggles my mind how companies flip on a dime between "hire as fast as possible" and "the sky is falling, we're laying people off." In the case of Bolt and Twitter, there were material changes (lawsuit from major customer, Elon Musk) but the others are just scared about the economy.
- dvtrn 4y agoConversely: "Slow to hire, fast to fire" is something I've heard a few times in my career, and usually within organizations that turned out to be truly toxic and absolutely burnout inducing places to work. Operating on either extreme probably makes for captivating blog posts and "leadership reading material" but in praxis seems like it should be self-evidently a bad idea.
- wordnerd2022 4y agoUber does not have a hiring freeze
- pbreit 4y ago"Uber freezes most hiring" https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-freezes-most-hiring-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-plans-no-layoffs-2022-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-freezes-most-hiring-ceo...
- wordnerd2022 4y agoHeadlines are sometimes wrong :)
- dehrmann 4y agoIn theory, Elon Musk maybe buying Twitter shouldn't change any of its management decisions yet.