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> Meta shed about 25% of its workforce in multiple rounds of cuts that ended in May. Now, dozens of those workers have returned to Meta, mostly since June, Insi
by karaterobot 3y ago
> Meta shed about 25% of its workforce in multiple rounds of cuts that ended in May. Now, dozens of those workers have returned to Meta, mostly since June, Insider reported.
So they laid off tens of thousands of people, and rehired dozens. The article speculates that because layoffs have slowed, everybody who was laid off will be rehired. I don't see evidence for that yet, and I'm not sure how you'd come to that conclusion at this point. I mean, I hope they do, but.
- CoastalCoder 3y agoI'm currently interviewing with Meta, but the process is amazingly slow: - early June: a Meta employee submits my referral - mid June: talk to Meta recruiter - late July: screening interview with hiring manager - mid August: still scheduling an interview-planning meeting with the hand-off recruiter. I'm guessing that on their side, either the recruiters are super busy, or there's no sense of urgency. Maybe a blessing in disguise, since it gives me more time to work on their coding-practice problems. Which are great, btw.
- chrisabrams 3y agoIt's possible that candidates are getting shuffled around, as some of the Meta recruiters themselves have been laid off. I know multiple people that were/are in the Meta process that this happened to. Takes a few weeks for the new recruiter to go through their double/triple work load of candidates and schedule.
- sharts 3y agoAnd therein lay the ridiculousness. Just because the rate of something has slowed does not mean a reversal. It’s like when people report on inflation going down. No, it’s not going down. The _rate_ is going down and you need it to go negative if you expect things to “return” to normal.