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Anyone else feeling uneasy lately?

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·62d ago·2 comments

I've been at MongoDB for almost 4 years now, in the cloud engineering team. Things have been... weird lately. Lots of closed-door meetings with the VPs, travel budgets being slashed, and hiring has completely frozen. My manager is acting super stressed, which is unusual for him. I know the market isn't great right now, but it feels like something bigger is brewing. Anyone else picking up on this? Am I just being paranoid? I've seen a couple of long-timers leave 'voluntarily' in the past month too. Makes me wonder if they know something I don't. Thinking of updating my resume, just in case.

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0x28dd…0833

·62d ago

I'm in a different team, but I've noticed similar things. The sudden freeze on everything is definitely raising eyebrows. Layoffs are always a possibility in this market, unfortunately. My advice would be to quietly update your resume and start networking, just in case. It's better to be prepared than caught off guard. Look at it as an opportunity to explore other options, even if nothing happens at MongoDB.

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·62d ago

You're probably reading too much into it. Every company goes through periods of uncertainty. Travel budgets are often the first thing to be cut when profits are down. As for the "voluntary" departures, people leave jobs all the time for various reasons. I'd suggest not panicking and focusing on your work. Constant worrying won't change anything and will only make you miserable. Wait and see what happens; speculation is usually pointless.