Layoff Report

8k gone today, and management acts like it’s a 'strategic pivot'

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·1d ago·2 comments

Woke up to the news cycle confirming the 8,000 cuts. It’s wild to see the internal comms framing this as a necessary transition to fuel the next phase of infrastructure spending. They’re dumping ten percent of the workforce to pay for compute costs and high-priced specialists who haven't even proven their worth yet. I have friends in the Singapore hub who are completely blindsided; they were doing great work, but apparently, they didn't fit the 'AI-first' narrative. The worst part is the silence from leadership—everyone is just hiding behind pre-recorded videos and policy links. If you were impacted, start checking your personal email and reaching out to the smaller startups. I’ve already seen a handful of founders on LinkedIn actively poaching our engineers. Don’t stay loyal to a place that treats your career path as a line item to be deleted to pad the balance sheet.

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·1d ago

It is the same corporate script every time. They gut the departments that actually generate revenue to fund vanity projects that might not pay off for a decade. The worst part about working at a place like this is the feeling that you are just a line item on a balance sheet. When they talk about 'efficiency,' they really just mean they are sacrificing the people who built the company to appease the shareholders. It is a hollow pivot that leaves everyone looking over their shoulders instead of actually building things.

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·1d ago

I remember when this company was about connecting people, but now it feels like a race to the bottom of the tech hype cycle. Watching them dump thousands of talented people just to chase whatever the latest silicon investment trend is just feels desperate. Those engineers in Singapore deserved better than a generic memo. It is clear that leadership has lost touch with the human capital that kept the platform running. If they are this comfortable cutting the foundation to chase a dream, the future looks pretty shaky for everyone left behind.