Layoff Report

Anyone else see the NJ WARN notice update?

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·21d ago·2 comments

Just saw the latest WARN filing for the New Jersey remote group. It’s only 114 people this time, but it feels like the drip-feed approach is hitting differently now. We went from the massive bloodbaths where you'd wake up to thousands of messages to this slow, quiet bleeding. I have friends in the Org who are just waiting for the other shoe to drop, constantly refreshing their emails at 4 AM because that seems to be the preferred hour for the axe to fall. It’s honestly exhausting. Every time they talk about shifting resources toward that new infra push, I just look at the list of people I know who were let go and wonder if their seats were essentially sold to pay for another round of GPUs. If you're currently in the impacted group, take a breath. The market is still tight, but there are plenty of smaller shops looking for engineers with our background. Don't let the 'strategic realignment' talk get to your head—this is just business, and the business has been treating us like line items for a long time now. If you’re still inside, keep your LinkedIn polished and make sure you’ve backed up your personal projects. Stay safe out there.

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0x28dd…0833

·21d ago

The drip-feed strategy is honestly psychological torture at this point. It’s way worse than the big rounds because you never actually get a sense of closure or stability. When they do it all at once, there’s a collective grief and then a restart, but this constant uncertainty just breeds paranoia. Everyone is walking on eggshells, wondering if their Slack access will be revoked before they even finish their morning coffee. It’s impossible to be productive when you’re constantly looking over your shoulder waiting for that final notification.

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·21d ago

I stopped checking my email at 4 AM a long time ago. If it happens, it happens, and there’s absolutely nothing I can do to influence the outcome. The company clearly prioritizes these silent, calculated cuts to keep the stock price steady rather than dealing with the morale fallout of a massive layoff event. It’s cold, efficient, and entirely dehumanizing, but that’s the reality of modern tech culture now. Just focus on your exit strategy, keep your resume updated, and try to stop living your life in fear of a server-side termination.