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Qualcomm Layoffs
Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc tKOr23 1h Going to start in November.
Netflix to layoff 16%. Good luck Netflixers my heart goes out to you.
5% was the rumor. Where the f does 16% come from?
Hard Facts - Tech hiring and H1B Indians
Hard facts - 90% people in a United States CS grad classroom are Indian. Tech hiring mimics that. - I recently opened a position to external candidates, and received a whopping 400 applications. 390 were Indians and 10 were Asian or Latino. I ended up hiring a Latino because they are great, but the mathematical odds for a random such position favor Indians.
Impact on Microsoft and American tech if Indians stop applying
I am deeply disturbed by today’s news about this government targeting Indian companies or companies with Indian CEOs from applying green card for Indians. This can sink American tech industry if Indians stop choosing to come to America. I don’t think Microsoft will continue to do as well if they don’t protest. I also feel the tech industry is not banding together to support Indians and protect them from these kind of rulings. Is there anything we can do?
I’m scared. This might actually be the end of the road for H-1B holders like me.
Seeing all the changes the past few months and the feeling that there's more to come, it's frustrating knowing that I’m doing everything right, I'm a strong performer, never had gaps, legal issues, pay my taxes, contributing to society anyway I can, and none of it feels like it protects me anymore, because of rules being rewritten above my head that I have zero control over.
Figma vs eBay, worth taking a pay cut?
Currently at eBay making around $485K TC, and I expect my comp to stay around that level for the next couple of years. I’m also a top performer here, so things are pretty stable and comfortable. Figma is offering around $450K TC and they’ve said this is their final offer. I really like the team and the opportunity, but I’m having a hard time justifying leaving a good situation for lower comp, especially since I’d also be walking away from some upcoming vesting.
Which companies provides RSU at any level
Which companies provides RSU at any level Airbnb Atlassian Block / Square Cisco Cloudflare Coinbase Confluent Disney DoorDash Dropbox Etsy Fathom Health GitHub GitLab HashiCorp Hims & Hers Home Depot HubSpot Instacart Microsoft MongoDB Netflix NVIDIA Oracle Pinterest Red Hat Reddit Shopify Spotify Stripe Team Cymru Twilio Yahoo Zillow
TSMC Mid Level Offer: Is it worth?
I am posting for my husband because we don’t want to expose his company name He has a PhD and 15 years of experience. He currently makes around $500k as a mid-level manager at a US chip company. I make $300k+, and our total household income is around $900k–$1M. He just received a mid level executive offer from TSMC. The pay matches his current income or slightly higher. The workload will be very high due to the bigger responsibilities.
Companies that allows WFH India
Companies that allows WFH India Planning to move to India after 10 yrs working in the US. Greatly appreciate suggestions on companies that allow WFH anywhere in India and also companies with good culture and pay at Coimbatore. Looking to settle down at Coimbatore.
Should I go all cash on a house (1.65M)?
I know it's not a popular opinion but as the title states, We were looking at a house listed 2.1M. Which they have now lowered to 2M. The comps are about 2M. But Me and my realtor have talked to the selling agent and have confirmed a 1.65M all cash close with no contingency and we can get it done. The inspection report is clean off any big items only a little termite, plugs not working types. We have the funds to go 1.65M cash.
AI use cases for personal use?
AI use cases for personal use? Work is straightforward. Clear use cases. All my PRs and reviews go through Claude at least once. However, how are you using AI in your personal life? Which one do you use in your personal life? Do you pay or just use the free versions? TC: 600k
Unpopular opinion: Indians on H-1B shouldn't get Hate because of Fraud committed by some Consulting companies
Unpopular opinion: Indians on H-1B shouldn't get Hate because of Fraud committed by some Consulting companies
27 years in IT, 10 years at Oracle — and this is a first time for me.
Related Companies Comment Summary Some commenters state that layoff decisions in large corporations like Oracle are primarily driven by financial considerations, often involving external consultants to create restructuring plans that identify impacted employees through data analysis. Several commenters suggest that this process can overlook individual performance and promotion recommendations, leading to unexpected layoffs even for high performers.
Tech Industry - Blind
Linkedin Trash Ex-Offers 😂😂😂 EDIT: Guys, I just shared. Just for fun, why everyone thinks in wrong way.. Everyone became racist these days then?? omg.. By the way I am an Indian..
Which companies are still actually fully remote and pay well?
Which companies are still actually fully remote and pay well? Walmart is going 5 days RTO...and it feels like this list is getting shorter every year with all the RTO mandates. I honestly, can't think of any what companies are still worth looking at?
US Citizenship H1B Visa Fraud
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Arranged Marriage
Arranged Marriage Most Indian women are no longer willing to sacrifice their careers just to move abroad on a dependent visa. If you aren't already based in the same country, getting matches in India is almost impossible.
This is a great moment for India
H1bs, thank you for your great contribution to the tech industry. As we all know, America was nothing before the late 90s when the h1b visa was created. Our most critical technologies like salesforce development were basically pioneered by h1bs. I will also deeply miss the random h4 TPM that come and go every few weeks that have such concrete idea of what we do that, basically everyone’s update summaries in their “update tracker” is completely wrong. Truly world class talent.
Did Qualtrics do M&A just to lay off employees
Did Qualtrics do M&A just to lay off employees It certainly feels that way when your reward for years of hard work is a layoff after our company acquired Press Ganey a few months ago. Do you have 6.75 BILLION dollars to acquire another company but still have to lay off existing employees? It’s infuriating to be treated like disposable collateral damage on a corporate spreadsheet, completely tossed aside by executives who are entirely disconnected from the people who actually built this company.
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Cisco layoffs incoming? Is it true?
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I want to buy this house but I can’t afford it
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Dropbox / Netflix / Figma
Dropbox / Netflix / Figma Netflix - 700. Cash option is good. Don’t know much about their future prospects, business, or stability. Figma - 850. 1 yr cliff. Their stock is doing terrible. Under direct threats from Claude/Anthropic, but if they fight it off and keep growing, could have upside? Stay Dropbox - 700. Stock is doing good. We actually make money, and our product is hard to replace with AI. All similar domain/scope/good people. I have a family I provide for, so stability means something. Evaluation
Robinhood vs workday
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1000 people laid off at Uber today
Often times less than a month means they secretly recorded the separation as performance based and just called the final paycheck severance. It was really just a payout for the prior pay period that’s 2 weeks behind added to the current pay period you’re working through. Not always but first hand that’s what I see most often
How does rent still go up 30% in San Francisco with this many layoffs?
How does rent still go up 30% in San Francisco with this many layoffs? 1 bedroom apt seems to be starting from $4700 now. It looks like people are laid off every day, how come rent keeps going up and up and up and up? How people can pay if they are laid off? Somebody must be lying. But who? #layoff #tech #bayarea
OpenAI Staff Offer - Yay or Nay?
At Meta as Staff. Lucky to get an OAI offer at Staff level. Will interview a bit more and try and get Anthropic. Leaning on taking OAI but concerned on a few front and looking for advice: 1. Heard it is pretty intense and I don't mind putting in 50hrs and 60ish when it's release time. Do we need to work longer than this to succeed? 2. Concerned about commute's impact on WLB. Especially if I need to put in long hours. How flexible is the work from office policy? 3.
Declined Anthropic? | Offer Evaluation - Blind
Yeah, For me I did not like the super low ball offer just because they could leverage that it was significant bump from my current employer tc. I decided to stay where I am and get my immigration processes complete and try later. For you, ai bubble will burst and only google will benefit from remains. Maybe also some future low cost code completion vs code extension. Stay where you are unless huge pay jump.
Crusoe vs Nscale vs Lambda
TPM or TPM adjacent offers at each One thing to note, secondary market sales is allowed at Lambda and Crusoe, not Nscale. Also secondary price for Crusoe today makes the offer closer to 370k. More wondering about culture and future trajectory.
Got a offer from Amsterdam (Bol.com) .
Pros: 1) Work Life balance 2) Immigration Certainity 3) Travel across europe and closer to hone 4) Don’t worry about Layoffs , H1B visa stamping plus green card backlogs (EB2 ,2021 PrioDate,India) 5) ML/AI team instead of just Software(Backend) dev. Cons: 1) Emotional Attachment to bay area (13 years spent in Bay area ) 2) Base 110K (Half of current ) 12-10% Yearly bonus plus. 10K euros relocation. 3) Lesser opportunities compared to Silicon Valley Single ,35 F , No debt/loans .
Americans have no visa restrictions but still they don't have any side gigs
Americans have no visa restrictions but still they don't have any side gigs Most of my team is white americans. they dont have any side gig but many indians who just got their greencard get excited about side gigs. why?
Nvidia pays peanuts
Nvidia TC is dogshit. The millionaires you see today were some of the most unambitious saps of their time who settled for mediocre TC. Having said that, they're still mostly humble despite winning the lottery Ah, autocorrect...nvm. I've met folks who didn't even know their own TC, joined directly through an internship Surprisingly, it’s true. Most of Nvidians couldn’t get jobs at Meta or any other companies who paid more.
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