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Got laid off from Microsoft yesterday with 10.000 people
this is the post.
we were just cut off with 10000 people.
I am a senior frontend engineer with master degree in UI/UX.
Let me know if you or someone you know look for my skills. I was recently working on Skype Messaging Team using React Native and TypeScript.
This is the LinkedIn profile.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabettanova/
- jdlyga 4y agoI understand this is all economic cycles, but it does suck to be at the bottom end of it.
- rutierut 4y agoThere are university master degrees for UI/UX in the states? Can you get a PhD in something UI/UX related as well?
- dagw 4y agoThere are university master degrees for UI/UX in the states? Don't they have that everywhere? The Human Computer Interaction deparment at the (European) university I went have both Master and PhD students and do all kinds of UI and UX related research.
- patchorang 4y agoThey are slowly popping. The two major ones are probably CMU's MHCI and University of Washington's HCI+D. I don't know about Washington, but CMU also has a PhD program in HCI.
- uNIeGGERmployed 4y ago[dead]
- derelicta 4y agoLotsa luck and courage to you :)
- ape4 4y agoA "random selection algorithm" - wow, really?
- blakesterz 4y agoSorry to hear about the layoffs there, and everywhere off. > we were just cut off with 10000 people by random selection algorithm. Can you (or anyone) elaborate on how that works? Someone wrote something that does "select empolyee_id from employees limit 10000 order by random" and that's who got laid off? It's a layoff lottery and the winners got laid off? I don't know how layoffs at huge companies work, maybe that's how it works everywhere?
- xyst 4y agoProbably a mix of getting the “lowest performing” people based upon yearly performance reviews, and then just randomly cutting people based on employee id. Maybe cut a specific amount of people from each department/organization.
- elnova 4y agoThis was the speculation, I am sure they would have constraints like, fire recently joined people, or those ones who were not promoted last X years, etc. etc. I was hired last year, so it makes a bit sense for me.
- b0sk 4y agoDoesn't make sense at all. Maybe they identified a larger pool of employees and then applied random selection algorithm to that pool. No way they are laying off superstars.
- orra 4y ago> No way they are laying off superstars. Shrug. Superstars cost more. Besides, companies don't love superstars do they? They want replaceable commodities.
- luckylion 4y agoThey'll settle for commodities, but they want results. "Superstars" are great, because they'll get you results. You don't want to rely on having someone do the work of a whole team, but you certainly won't fire them, even if they cost three times as much as one of the ten people they replace.
- xyst 4y agogood luck - plenty of small to medium sized companies hiring. Hope you find a good one
- jobs_throwaway 4y ago> by random selection algorithm Is this true? Did they tell you this when you were laid off? If so, that's absolutely bonkers Anyways best of luck
- Kevin578 4y agothere's no way they chose ppl to get laid off by a random selection lmao
- danpalmer 4y agoPlease try to be a little more sensitive, bear in mind who you're replying to and what they're going through.
- _vertigo 4y agoWhile I sympathize with those who were laid off, being laid off doesn't give you license to pass off wild speculation as fact in a post like this.
- danpalmer 4y agoPerhaps, but questioning can be done in better ways, as others have done on this post.
- luckylion 4y agoNo. Let's not turn everything into a sugarcoated fantasy world because reality could hurt someone's feeling.
- danpalmer 4y agoWhat's to be gained from hurting this person's feelings? There are harsh enough realities in the world without us adding being assholes to the mix.
- luckylion 4y ago"I failed that exam because the professor thought 1 + 1 equals 2. What an idiot, 1 + 1 obviously equals 7.5" What do you think that person will benefit more from? "You're wrong and the professor is right, you should work on your math skills", or "Wow, what an arrogant professor. You're totally right."?
- okamiueru 4y agoCan someone shed some light how this works in the US? What are the conditions for termination there? Do you get X months severance?
- mrcwinn 4y agoDifferent states have varying legal requirements, though many tech companies anchor to California because it often sets the floor. So if you solve for California, you're likely solving for most of your workforce. In general, yes, at major tech companies there is severance, payout of any accrued paid time off, and sometimes there's additional payment to cover COBRA payments for 1+ month(s), as well as resources for finding a new job. Some companies will also extend termination dates to help an employee snag an additional month of health coverage. For folks on H1B there is almost always additional legal representation support as well. I think large tech companies do an exceptional job supporting employees. But of course, for the person affected, still scary nevertheless. My heart goes out for those people.
- okamiueru 4y agoThanks for the nice explanation. What are COBRA and H1B? COBRA is specific to the US? Related to extend some sort of private health care coverage they had under the employer? And H1B are for non-Americans who were allowed to stay on the condition of having an employer? Could you clarify what the conditions are for california? How many months of salary is covered? How immediate is the effect of termination in terms of "pack your bags". Etc
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- elnova 4y agoDeleting this because it misses the point. I am sad and disappointed. I am not trying to speculate.
- uNIeGGERmployed 4y ago[dead]
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