playoff_burner

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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   Thank you. This sounds like a real plan.
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   For this specific case, not much. They've been soft-signalling this for at least weeks. H-1B holders have termination date + 2 months to find a new job (both in terms of 4 months severance & in terms of immigration law), so they&#x
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   I see. Thanks. It's really 30-40k because the 4 months' severance includes the regular pay during the 60 day exit window. The potential is obvious: get something off the ground in 2 months. Do you know what someone mostly new to f
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   The suspense lasted 1 minute. The "team update" and cut/no-cut emails went out pretty much simultaneously.
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   Not in fintech. The big Stripe layoff (14%) was before Twitter. I think Twitter gets a lot more credit than it deserves for the layoff wave, given that companies had already put effort into modeling the ROI of their labor. The idea that you
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   The RSUs are double-trigger. The tax liability doesn't trigger until they become liquid. (source: I got laid off at 4:02 am this morning.)
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   Could you elaborate? I'm considering this path.
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   by playoff_burner 4y ago

   I was affected by this layoff and also don't understand the acid. It's abrupt, for sure, but the writing's been on the wall for months (our internal Blind even called that these would happen before the December holidays). I&#