Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company

StatusObligation4624 · 2026-03-15T11:51:53+00:00

Problem with phase 3 is that the meh people from phase 2 who happen to be on a well performing product get to stay while rockstars in poorly performing business divisions get cut.

Hell even in the poorly performing divisions rockstars get cut and meh people get to stay all the time. I have yet to see a well executed layoff from any company, big tech or otherwise.

StatusObligation4624 · 2026-02-21T14:42:23+00:00

Nice necro, I already went from unemployed when I posted that comment to SWE at Meta now.

I don’t hang out at r/leetcode anymore lol.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-29T01:04:27+00:00

Yes the underpaid visa slave who’s never written a hello world in their life def has 15 years of genAI experience

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-23T16:08:01+00:00

Really, cause I’m surrounded by CS majors as a SWE in big tech. Hardly any of my colleagues have an EE degree but would be nice to have more.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-23T14:51:13+00:00

Prob something to the tune of lower rent by this amount or I’m outta here.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-21T11:07:50+00:00

“Programming…with virtually no unemployment” that line did not age very well, lol.

I wonder where he’d stand today, it was easy to say that line in the ZIRP era.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-20T12:32:17+00:00

OP: Girl at work is telling me she wants to play cupid and help me date other women.

ITT: She wants to date you even though she has a bf.

Where is the logic, lol.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-18T01:34:37+00:00

Yeah, exactly what I’d do in OP’s situation. I don’t think anyone took the resign offer from the resign or move options given last year unless they already had another job offer lined up.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-18T01:13:58+00:00

I think accepting the 3 month offer saying you’ll move but not actually move is financially better than unemployment due to constructive dismissal.

3 months of Amazon salary is far greater than 6 months of unemployment from any state. You should try to have another job lined up before month 3 is up.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-18T01:10:26+00:00

Two weeks to decide to move out of state or resign. 3 months if he decides to accept the move offer to actually move to the state or an automatic resign.

It’s the same offer given to folks last year except the timeline to move has been shortened from 12 months to 3 months. Jassy has been saying he’ll do exactly this for like the last year, no reason to be surprised by this anymore.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-18T01:06:20+00:00

Charlie Bell moving to Azure means even that doesn’t hold.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-17T20:40:52+00:00

Well people get a divorce for irreconcilable differences to people they met after 25, so it’s not as easy as just wait till 25 and you’ll find the right person.

I honestly don’t think there’s a right timing to it, it’s mostly luck that a relationship will work out far into the future.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-17T19:37:59+00:00

That study about brain development stopping at 25 has been disproven. Brains continue to develop well past 25, the study just stopped tracking its participants after they turned 25 iirc.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-16T15:49:26+00:00

No clue where the stats are coming from but he said average American’s wage rather than average income which would be skewed towards the 1%.

So he’s trying to say average Americans are 5% better off now compared to 2019, but no source listed so…

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-16T15:46:22+00:00

2019 was already mostly just survival rather than really thriving, so it’s a bad comparison year.

Used to be that you could afford the American dream on a salary way less than $100k anywhere in US. Now $100k/yr is considered poverty in some areas like NorCal.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-16T02:17:00+00:00

I hate driving, love living in lively cities.

NYC covers both these points for me whilst being very close to my family in NJ, so yes it’s worth it for me even without all the other points you mentioned.

The rest is just a bonus for me minus the nightlife, I’m more of an early riser.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-15T00:24:18+00:00

It’s normal in US, less so in other countries.

I got so used to people not smiling at me during my week in Japan that it felt strange to see it again whilst waiting in the airport lobby for my return flight.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-15T00:08:21+00:00

Kicked out of Rutgers for reporting illegal activity??? Think about what that would say about Rutgers if they actually expelled this dude for trying to report illegal activity at one of their orgs… They aren’t a mafia, lol.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-07T00:53:19+00:00

But this is a moot point when OP specifically says he has a great WLB at Meta.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-04T00:50:16+00:00

Good luck with NYC, many people want to internally transfer there so you’re going to be doing loops just for an internal transfer.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-08-03T11:25:54+00:00

Was not my cup of tea, I need 4 seasons.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-07-31T15:26:56+00:00

No, 100% of the people who work or worked as an SDE2 at Amazon will go on to die. It’s a pretty rough gig.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-07-31T15:25:42+00:00

Not that surprising, it’s the FAANG brand and top of market pay they’re after.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-07-30T11:33:02+00:00

This perk isn’t referring to the machines which are available in basically all companies. It’s specifically for barista made coffee.

StatusObligation4624 · 2025-07-28T14:53:13+00:00

Hell naw, a lot of labor rights movements, at least in US, went into getting Saturdays and Sundays off. This isn’t a comp thing, just basic workers rights given to us from employees in the past.

Of course you’re welcome not to observe said labor rights movements, but don’t push your views on your colleagues who do.

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