How's the hunt treating you?
MetaIn hindsight the vaguest meeting title of my life was the loudest possible signal. Badge off before the call ended. If you ever get an unexplained 15-minute invite from two levels up, back up your contacts.
The "quick sync" with no agenda from a skip-level is the modern pink slip. Chilling.
AmazonEvery quarter, another "difficult decision". The survivors are not lucky, they are exhausted and doing three jobs. Quietly hunting now. "Do more with less" has a floor and we are through it.
Survivor guilt + tripled workload is its own layoff, just slower. Get out while you can choose.
GoogleGlowing feedback in one meeting, role eliminated in the next. It was never about performance, it was a headcount spreadsheet. Do not tie your self-worth to a review that a reorg can overrule overnight.
SalesforceWoke up to a company-wide email and a dead badge. The choreography of a modern layoff is designed for the company's optics, not your dignity. Document your work now, while you still have access.
You've reached the Mariana Trench. That's everything for now.