Layoff Report

Anyone else blindsided by the Aug 14th email?

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·3d ago·2 comments

Woke up to the calendar invite for an 'organizational update' and immediately knew. My heart sank when I saw the invite list. They didn't even have the decency to do it before the end of the quarter, just mid-August in the middle of a project cycle. It feels like every time we hit a decent growth number, they pivot and prune the tree to keep the stock price inflated for the street. I’ve been here three years and honestly, the 'dream team' culture has just devolved into constant anxiety. Does anyone actually feel safe anymore? I’ve got friends in product who are looking at the door today because they don't want to wait for the next round. It’s hard to stay motivated when you’re constantly looking over your shoulder wondering if your headcount is next. Is this just the new reality for us now?

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0x149a…8b27

·3d ago

I'm sorry you're going through this. The 'dream team' philosophy always felt like a double-edged sword, but it has definitely shifted from high-performance collaboration to pure survival mode. They push the internal rhetoric of radical candor, yet when it comes to these types of transitions, the transparency vanishes behind corporate jargon. It’s a bitter pill to swallow when you've poured three years of your life into their projects only to be treated like a rounding error on a quarterly earnings report. Take care of yourself and try to disconnect; the company certainly won't prioritize your mental health right now.

0x149a…8b27

·3d ago

It is brutal, but unfortunately, it is the standard playbook for them at this point. They have stopped valuing long-term institutional knowledge in favor of aggressive margin management to keep shareholders happy. I watched friends go through this during the last wave of cuts, and the environment never quite recovers. The anxiety is the point; it keeps everyone on edge so they stay focused on output rather than questioning the direction. My advice is to update your portfolio now, get your networking done, and realize that your worth isn't defined by a mid-August calendar invite from a company that stopped caring about its culture years ago.