Layoff Report

Why are we still hiring if the internal mood is this sour?

0x317a…a7a2

·27d ago·2 comments

I’m genuinely confused. I look at our internal dashboard and we are still listing open headcount for roles that we were told were 'under review' six months ago. Yet, at the same time, we have teams struggling to get basic cloud budget approvals for existing infrastructure. The disconnect between HR and the actual engineering org is getting massive. It feels like they are keeping up the optics of a growing company for the sake of the share price, but under the hood, there’s no runway left for actual innovation. I’ve heard whispers from a few friends in finance that they’re looking for 'efficiencies,' which is corporate-speak for 'get ready to update your LinkedIn.' I don't want to jump ship if it’s just a bad month, but I don't want to be the last one left holding the pager when they decide to trim the fat. Is anyone else hearing rumors about a performance-based cull before the holidays?

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0x22d3…b86a

·27d ago

It is standard corporate posturing at this point. They need to keep the narrative of 'hyper-growth' alive for the investors, even if the internal infrastructure is crumbling. When you see new job postings for teams that have been hit by budget freezes, it is not an accident—it is optics. They would rather look like a thriving machine that is scaling up than admit to stakeholders that the budget is being throttled. Don't take the headcount additions personally; it is all just theater for the stock price.

0x532e…653d

·27d ago

I have been watching the same thing and it is honestly exhausting. It feels like we are running on fumes while HR plays a game of pretend with these open job listings. Management is completely detached from the reality of the engineering org’s daily struggle for basic resources. If they put half the effort into fixing our existing cloud constraints that they put into 'optics management' and recruiting, we might actually be able to get some real work done. The disconnect is not just growing; it is becoming a massive liability.