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...and then everyone cheered? But seriously, this just doesn't add up. I could see the company folding once they realize that they were dependent on the tribal

...and then everyone cheered? But seriously, this just doesn't add up. I could see the company folding once they realize that they were dependent on the tribal knowledge of those leaving, but claiming to not get any applications is absurd.

curiousllama 3y ago
eh, this feels like a miscommunication/exaggeration. More realistic is that it took time for HR to communicate up the chain what was happening; they posted the jobs in the interim; the ads didn't get enough applicants to confidently turn over ~50% of IT in 1 week (obviously); OP interpreted this as "they got 0 applicants and folded"
NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
You're in California or Washington I'm betting. I'm in Texas, in a part of the state that definitely leans towards being "fly-over" more than it does towards being the title of a well-known 1980s prime time soap opera. We could definitely do that, and not receive any local applicants for a week. Maybe longer. The few we might receive would be woefully underqualified. If they're in (or just outside of) some minor midwest city, the same's true for them too. Everything I've said is true a hundredfold if there's no university in that minor city.
- adrianmonk 3y ago
  From that Reddit account's comment history, they're probably in Portugal. I don't know what the tech scene is like there. It might be OK, but I don't think it is known as a tech hub.
  - marcosdumay 3y ago
    Portugal is famous by the situation where all local workers that can try very hard only to work remotely for a company in some other country. So yeah, something like that could happen there.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>But seriously, this just doesn't add up. Please do take everything you read on reddit with a pinch of salt. Reddit stories are more like Netflix documentaries, regulare stories, that are over-dramatized for the sake of views.
terminous 3y ago
it's a typical reddit creative fiction

curiousllama 3y ago

eh, this feels like a miscommunication/exaggeration. More realistic is that it took time for HR to communicate up the chain what was happening; they posted the jobs in the interim; the ads didn't get enough applicants to confidently turn over ~50% of IT in 1 week (obviously); OP interpreted this as "they got 0 applicants and folded"

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago

You're in California or Washington I'm betting. I'm in Texas, in a part of the state that definitely leans towards being "fly-over" more than it does towards being the title of a well-known 1980s prime time soap opera. We could definitely do that, and not receive any local applicants for a week. Maybe longer. The few we might receive would be woefully underqualified. If they're in (or just outside of) some minor midwest city, the same's true for them too. Everything I've said is true a hundredfold if there's no university in that minor city.

adrianmonk 3y ago
From that Reddit account's comment history, they're probably in Portugal. I don't know what the tech scene is like there. It might be OK, but I don't think it is known as a tech hub.
- marcosdumay 3y ago
  Portugal is famous by the situation where all local workers that can try very hard only to work remotely for a company in some other country. So yeah, something like that could happen there.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>But seriously, this just doesn't add up. Please do take everything you read on reddit with a pinch of salt. Reddit stories are more like Netflix documentaries, regulare stories, that are over-dramatized for the sake of views.

terminous 3y ago

it's a typical reddit creative fiction