<story><title>Ask HN: Have you been laid off?</title><text>I work remotely as a front-end developer at a VC-funded, series B startup.  Funding has dried up as investors with financial exposure to anything retail or entertainment-related are hemorrhaging cash.  The company leadership told us that starting immediately, all employees (including the fully-remote workers like myself) are on mandatory unpaid leave.&lt;p&gt;Job cuts in 2019 were already up a whopping 351% from the previous year[1].  Considering the COVID-19 outbreak, I&amp;#x27;m concerned that many other tech workers like me might be updating their resumes and entering a stagnant job market.  Alternatively, organizations may view this as a great time to gain additional market share.  What do you think?&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re a tech worker, have you been laid off or do you expect to be laid off soon?
If you are a hiring manager, what is the current hiring status at your company?&lt;p&gt;[1] https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.challengergray.com&amp;#x2F;press&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;2019-year-end-job-cuts-report-fewest-monthly-cuts-july-2018-yoy-10</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>dang</author><text>All: a user emailed with the brilliant suggestion that HN do a &amp;quot;Who Is Hiring Right Now?&amp;quot; thread. We&amp;#x27;ll do that soon; maybe tomorrow. This will specifically be for jobs that are ready to hire, and able to onboard, quickly.&lt;p&gt;If any of you have suggestions for how to make this most helpful under current conditions, please share them. I&amp;#x27;ll check this thread later tonight.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>roskilli</author><text>Very interested as someone looking to work with other HN folks, ready to hire people who could onboard and start during the work from home mandate (we had an employee onboard Monday from their home).</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Have you been laid off?</title><text>I work remotely as a front-end developer at a VC-funded, series B startup.  Funding has dried up as investors with financial exposure to anything retail or entertainment-related are hemorrhaging cash.  The company leadership told us that starting immediately, all employees (including the fully-remote workers like myself) are on mandatory unpaid leave.&lt;p&gt;Job cuts in 2019 were already up a whopping 351% from the previous year[1].  Considering the COVID-19 outbreak, I&amp;#x27;m concerned that many other tech workers like me might be updating their resumes and entering a stagnant job market.  Alternatively, organizations may view this as a great time to gain additional market share.  What do you think?&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re a tech worker, have you been laid off or do you expect to be laid off soon?
If you are a hiring manager, what is the current hiring status at your company?&lt;p&gt;[1] https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.challengergray.com&amp;#x2F;press&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;2019-year-end-job-cuts-report-fewest-monthly-cuts-july-2018-yoy-10</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>dang</author><text>All: a user emailed with the brilliant suggestion that HN do a &amp;quot;Who Is Hiring Right Now?&amp;quot; thread. We&amp;#x27;ll do that soon; maybe tomorrow. This will specifically be for jobs that are ready to hire, and able to onboard, quickly.&lt;p&gt;If any of you have suggestions for how to make this most helpful under current conditions, please share them. I&amp;#x27;ll check this thread later tonight.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mehrdadn</author><text>It might be helpful to highlight whichever of the following are feasible:&lt;p&gt;- Remote work (even across the country, with no expectation of travel)&lt;p&gt;- Short-term work (like a few months, no expectation of staying for &amp;gt; 1 year)&lt;p&gt;- How long the employer roughly expects to be able to provide the job in their projection of the current economic conditions&lt;p&gt;- Rough company size, given the US Congress just passed a bill concerning sick leave that might not apply to companies with under 50 or 500 employees [1]&lt;p&gt;Also, less certain about the following, but:&lt;p&gt;- Maybe highlighting contractor possibilities would be good too? In case the additional flexibility in e.g. work hours is better for workers, or in case it&amp;#x27;s easier for companies not to have to worry about insurance, etc.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.buzzfeednews.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;paulmcleod&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-aid-congress-vote&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.buzzfeednews.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;paulmcleod&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>