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Instagram chief orders quiet layoffs to please investors in 2026 fixed that title for you

by eutropia 11mo ago

SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? Try and get in at someone else about to return to office? Freelance? IDK about anyone else, but I haven’t considered a contractor since AI Coding hit hard, I had poor experience with contractors anyhow, now I’m not sure I see the point of rolling those dice again. It’s kind of a soft market unless you are working directly on AI models. So, is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees? Maybe. Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take.
- misiek08 11mo ago
  We are observing the most valuable people leaving, because they easily can get a job at place where they care more about value you get to company than the bonus you will get as C-level after firing highly paid workers. In the cases we know (I have a group of people working in different small and medium corps in Poland and Germany) - the people that are staying are either too lazy to change work or they are just not enough to get remote job.
  - SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
    Ok, sweet deal if you are one of the most valuable employees in big tech. Sounds like a perk that many people would seek out. Are you? If yes, cool. If no, well, seems like you have rationalized that not everyone will get WFH regardless on your feelings about it
    - baq 11mo ago
      If you’re the C-suite making this decision without realizing your best remote workers will quit even in this job market because they’re your best employees, you shouldn’t be the C. If you do realize this, as you most definitely should since it is not rocket science in any way, your projections about short and long term value of institutional knowledge these folks take with them better be accurate.
- johnnyanmac 11mo ago
  >You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? 1. take that time to startup that business you've been thinking of doing 2. Coast on the months of savings and years of stock until things get better. Perhaps you even have enough for a soft retirement. 3. try to rapidly interview and hope you have a ship to jump to before the hammer comes down. 4. interview anyway because you know this means a layoff round is coming even if you wanted to move because not enough people quit on their own. > is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees If by "committed" you mean "most compensated", then yes. >Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take. Sure, maybe. But Meta knows that isn't the reason. They lost the BOTD since 2017 in my eyes.
  - SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
    On number one, sure, take all the risk yourself. It pays off sometimes. And when it comes to hiring people you need to work as hard as you do, you can tell them they can work from home.
    - satvikpendem 11mo ago
      I will, because it's cheaper for me and more productive for them to work from home.
- op00to 11mo ago
  This is the exact tech job market to start looking and have interviews/offers scheduled so you're not screwed when layoffs happen.
  - SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
    Ok, fair, but roundabout reasoning. Your choice to leave makes it a certainty. A soft market mean uncertainty.
paxys 11mo ago
And the employees most likely to quit will be ones with responsibilities that make it difficult to do the commute 5 days a week - kids to pick up from daycare, health issues to manage, a social life in the evenings, travel plans - basically the exact category that a company like Meta would want to replace with a younger, more exploitable bunch.
- almost_usual 11mo ago
  No point in quitting, reduce workload. If leadership needs to manage folks out make them do the work and collect a paycheck while it happens.
  - Nextgrid 11mo ago
    Yeah I don't get people who quit when RTO or unreasonable changes are made. Quitting makes it easy for them and means they stop paying you now. Letting them fire you means at worst you end up with the same outcome, at best you call their bluff and get paid a few months more (or forever).
    - array_key_first 11mo ago
      Yeah but RTO takes real time and money. Sure you can earn a paycheck, but if you're commuting 2 hours a day total, you're still losing those 2 hours until they fire you. And that kind of stinks. And that's assuming you don't need to move. Moving for a job you hate is the worst.
      - pavel_lishin 11mo ago
        I think the suggestion is just ignoring the RTO mandate and continuing to work remote, until they fire you for insubordination.
  - wrxd 11mo ago
    Reduce workload, get in a bit later and go home a bit earlier. Avoid attending meetings involving people dialling in from a different office (that’s not in person collaboration, so it’s worthless work. Sorry, I don’t make the rules) and be present at the meeting (keeping the chair warm it’s all it counts after all) while browsing HN in the ones you really cannot get out of it.
venturecruelty 11mo ago
Aw, come on, shed a tear for the commercial real estate industry.

Instagram chief orders quiet layoffs to please investors in 2026 fixed that title for you

You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? Try and get in at someone else about to return to office? Freelance? IDK about anyone else, but I haven’t considered a contractor since AI Coding hit hard, I had poor experience with contractors anyhow, now I’m not sure I see the point of rolling those dice again. It’s kind of a soft market unless you are working directly on AI models. So, is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees? Maybe. Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take.

misiek08 11mo ago
We are observing the most valuable people leaving, because they easily can get a job at place where they care more about value you get to company than the bonus you will get as C-level after firing highly paid workers. In the cases we know (I have a group of people working in different small and medium corps in Poland and Germany) - the people that are staying are either too lazy to change work or they are just not enough to get remote job.
- SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
  Ok, sweet deal if you are one of the most valuable employees in big tech. Sounds like a perk that many people would seek out. Are you? If yes, cool. If no, well, seems like you have rationalized that not everyone will get WFH regardless on your feelings about it
  - baq 11mo ago
    If you’re the C-suite making this decision without realizing your best remote workers will quit even in this job market because they’re your best employees, you shouldn’t be the C. If you do realize this, as you most definitely should since it is not rocket science in any way, your projections about short and long term value of institutional knowledge these folks take with them better be accurate.
johnnyanmac 11mo ago
>You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what? 1. take that time to startup that business you've been thinking of doing 2. Coast on the months of savings and years of stock until things get better. Perhaps you even have enough for a soft retirement. 3. try to rapidly interview and hope you have a ship to jump to before the hammer comes down. 4. interview anyway because you know this means a layoff round is coming even if you wanted to move because not enough people quit on their own. > is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees If by "committed" you mean "most compensated", then yes. >Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take. Sure, maybe. But Meta knows that isn't the reason. They lost the BOTD since 2017 in my eyes.
- SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
  On number one, sure, take all the risk yourself. It pays off sometimes. And when it comes to hiring people you need to work as hard as you do, you can tell them they can work from home.
  - satvikpendem 11mo ago
    I will, because it's cheaper for me and more productive for them to work from home.
op00to 11mo ago
This is the exact tech job market to start looking and have interviews/offers scheduled so you're not screwed when layoffs happen.
- SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
  Ok, fair, but roundabout reasoning. Your choice to leave makes it a certainty. A soft market mean uncertainty.

paxys 11mo ago

And the employees most likely to quit will be ones with responsibilities that make it difficult to do the commute 5 days a week - kids to pick up from daycare, health issues to manage, a social life in the evenings, travel plans - basically the exact category that a company like Meta would want to replace with a younger, more exploitable bunch.

almost_usual 11mo ago
No point in quitting, reduce workload. If leadership needs to manage folks out make them do the work and collect a paycheck while it happens.
- Nextgrid 11mo ago
  Yeah I don't get people who quit when RTO or unreasonable changes are made. Quitting makes it easy for them and means they stop paying you now. Letting them fire you means at worst you end up with the same outcome, at best you call their bluff and get paid a few months more (or forever).
  - array_key_first 11mo ago
    Yeah but RTO takes real time and money. Sure you can earn a paycheck, but if you're commuting 2 hours a day total, you're still losing those 2 hours until they fire you. And that kind of stinks. And that's assuming you don't need to move. Moving for a job you hate is the worst.
    - pavel_lishin 11mo ago
      I think the suggestion is just ignoring the RTO mandate and continuing to work remote, until they fire you for insubordination.
- wrxd 11mo ago
  Reduce workload, get in a bit later and go home a bit earlier. Avoid attending meetings involving people dialling in from a different office (that’s not in person collaboration, so it’s worthless work. Sorry, I don’t make the rules) and be present at the meeting (keeping the chair warm it’s all it counts after all) while browsing HN in the ones you really cannot get out of it.

venturecruelty 11mo ago

Aw, come on, shed a tear for the commercial real estate industry.