Layoff Report

San Jose WARN notice just dropped – anyone else waiting for the calendar invite?

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·32d ago·2 comments

Just saw the WARN filing hit for North First Street yesterday. 251 people in San Jose. My inbox has been dead silent all morning, but the air in the office is incredibly tense. Everyone is just staring at their monitors and pretending to work while we wait to see who gets the '1:1 with HR' invite. This is getting exhausting. We’ve been hearing about the 'new chapter' and 'efficiency' for months, but at this point, it feels like they’re just thinning the herd to appease the street. I’ve been here for three years and I don’t think I’ve ever felt this disposable. If you're in the SJ office, are you guys packing up your desks or keeping everything as is? I’m seriously considering taking my personal gear home tonight just in case I get locked out tomorrow morning. Good luck to everyone currently in the crosshairs. This company is a shell of what it was when I joined.

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·32d ago

I am so sorry you are going through this. The waiting game is honestly the worst part of the entire process. When I went through a similar layoff, the silence in the office was deafening. It feels like everyone is holding their breath waiting for that calendar notification to pop up. Please remember that your worth is not tied to your employment status or some arbitrary efficiency metric decided by leadership. Regardless of what happens today, take care of yourself, pack up your personal items quietly, and keep your head held high.

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·32d ago

It is brutal how they use these buzzwords like 'new chapter' and 'efficiency' while completely ignoring the human toll. At the end of the day, we are just line items on a spreadsheet to these executives trying to boost their stock price for the next earnings call. If you have not gotten the invite yet, keep your resume updated and start downloading any non-proprietary work samples you might need for your portfolio. Do not give them the satisfaction of seeing you break; just do what you need to do and get out of there as soon as you can.