Business Big Tech Layoffs Megathread - Techbros... we got too cocky...

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Since my previous thread kinda-sorta turned into a soft megathread, and the tech layoffs will continue until morale improves, I think it's better to group them all together.

For those who want a QRD:


Just this week we've had these going on:

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But it's not just Big Tech, the vidya industry is also cleaning house bigly:

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All in all, rough seas ahead for the techbros.
 
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Bog-standard Poster said:
Hardly. The CEO's have realised that WFH is a legal loophole for visas; now the indians can stay in their call centres in india while working for silicon valley.

Well done, WFH bros, I tried warning you. Enjoy being replaced by foreign workers.
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Ironically I just called Cox cable to have my modem switched and their first line reps are now in the Philippines. Last time I called them was a few years ago and I spoke with an American working at home.
 
Ahriman said:
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Really makes you think.

I think you got it wrong - word on the street is that the juice is not worth the squeeze, when it comes to outsourcing to India. This isn't the early '00s anymore.

More companies are looking at Central and Latin America for talent, especially North American companies - they're on the same timezones, MUCH BETTER cultural fits and an even better English proficiency. And the $ difference isn't that much.

If anything, pajeets are just about to get BTFO.
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Its not a word. Tcs types is getting ramped down in favor of near shore.

For even greater fuckery businesses are spinning up Mexico and Latin America subsidaries so full time employee (not contractor spots) can go to Latin America as well.

What should really worry you is that at least for right now the talent pool isnt a joke. These arent jeets. They can think for themselves to a degree. Now i doubt the pool is deep enough if everyone starts drinking. And no fucking way Google and MSes ceos will abandon their home country.

But word is out. Near shore is only allowed option for backfills, and most of the near shore firms are actually under bidding the jeets to boot. Hell i got offered a "free" junior engineer, so they could get him trained up, and he was easily comparable to your fresh out of college grad.
 
Beavis said:
Ironically I just called Cox cable to have my modem switched and their first line reps are now in the Philippines. Last time I called them was a few years ago and I spoke with an American working at home.
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In the UK the indian call centres were eventually moved because nobody could understand what the fuck they were saying and when you could, it was advice like "hello, yes sir, have you tried turning it off and on again" which led to "OF COURSE I HAVE YOU FUCKING MORON."

Anyway, Around 2010ish, British companies started boasting about "British call centres" as if that was meant to be a thing to celebrate. They lasted 18 months before the call centres were sent to Poland. But, at least they were friendly and the women spoke such soft English that it was like phoning a sex line...probably...

PL: I know two Eastern European women who WFH in ex-commiestan for Brit companies. They get Brit wages-20%, work in a paradise of lush fields and warm weather, while living like Queens. The 'Home' in WFH is world-wide, thanks to the world-wide-web and some people are taking advantage of it, while the company shaves a few quid off of their wage bill. Pod-living metrofags are going to be losing their jobs in bigger numbers than we see now.
 
Ahriman said:
I think you got it wrong - word on the street is that the juice is not worth the squeeze, when it comes to outsourcing to India. This isn't the early '00s anymore.
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Correct. Those tech bros in Silicon Valley are losing their jobs to Cletus in Texas, not pajeets. One $280k salary in California will net you two engineers in Austin at the same rate (and a far better quality of life per dollar). And the engineers in Austin are just as talented; The University of Texas is one of the top 10 computer science programs in the US. It's amazing what no state income tax does for a company and wages.
 
Netizennameless said:
Correct. Those tech bros in Silicon Valley are losing their jobs to Cletus in Texas, not pajeets. One $280k salary in California will net you two engineers in Austin at the same rate (and a far better quality of life per dollar). And the engineers in Austin are just as talented; The University of Texas is one of the top 10 computer science programs in the US. It's amazing what no state income tax does for a company and wages.
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I'm going to disagree with some of this comment, because I've done my research on real estate in the State of Texas.

1. Austin Texas is a shit hole of a place. Just like Silicon Valley is a shit hole of a place. people are LEAVING Austin because it is a SHIT HOLE of a place because THE WOKE MIND VIRUS IS STRONG THERE.

2. I will agree that you will get a cheaper work force than in California. That depends if the faggots that come from California continue to cause inflationary prices to go up. Again the WOKE MIND VIRUS IS STRONG IN AUSTIN.

3. TAXES... DO YOUR RESEARCH!!! There are MANY places in TEXAS that property taxes and other easements are HIDEOUS. 2% of the cost of the assesed price of a house AND THEN being regularly accessed to what they state is FAR MARKET VALUE.

AGAIN. I have repeatedly posted the down falls of not doing your research on when you make your financial decisions.

Because of this retards put themselves into a financial bind.

Video of Austin.



Next.

Here is a video on what is happening at this moment. I agree with a lot with what been commented on this video as again I've posted other videos on this.


In ending.

I have NO FUCKING SYMPATHY WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE TECH INDUSTRY AND EVERY CHANCE I GET MY REVENGE ON THEM.

They are the people of Generation FAIL. They FUCKED with the wrong guy oh those many years ago.

So when they cry about losing their grasp of their woke ideology, because REAL LIFE REARS IT'S UGLY HEAD.... Who'se fault is it then?

Do your research. Get ahead from the rat race and you will do fine.
 
TheRedChair said:
ustin Texas is a shit hole of a place. Just like Silicon Valley is a shit hole of a place. people are LEAVING Austin because it is a SHIT HOLE of a place because THE WOKE MIND VIRUS IS STRONG THERE.
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With WFH they don't live in Austin, they are educated there. Then they move to San Antonio, or Dallas, or any of the small-mid sized towns surrounding any of the metroplexes that cost a fraction of the price of Austin.
 
Netizennameless said:
With WFH they don't live in Austin, they are educated there. Then they move to San Antonio, or Dallas, or any of the small-mid sized towns surrounding any of the metroplexes that cost a fraction of the price of Austin.
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Dallas is BLUE CITY. San Antonio is a BLUE CITY. And the mind virus spreads outwards. I can exactly say the same thing of Going to Standford, Berekley, U. San Jose and other major Silicon Valley Colleges, get that degree and get out of the shit hole. So your point is???

Somewhat correct? Meh.

I can go to N. California and it's Very Country in mindset and conservatism. So again your point is

Meh?

A lot of things are happening in Texas and in many many cities they still have their identity. Their Culture. And I'm all for that.

What I'm saying is whatever State, region of the world you are wanting to go in.

DO YOUR RESEARCH.

Sometimes this means to rent in a region for awhile before going all in into staying long term.

The reason why I do not head down to Texas is because of all of the excessive hidden costs of living there.
But if I find something there that fits my catagories then I'll buy into the state.
 
TheRedChair said:
Dallas is BLUE CITY. San Antonio is a BLUE CITY. And the mind virus spreads outwards. I can exactly say the same thing of Going to Standford, Berekley, U. San Jose and other major Silicon Valley Colleges, get that degree and get out of the shit hole. So your point is???
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Are you too retarded to understand that Republicans also live in blue cities? And that 90% of the counties outside of the metroplexes are RED? The POINT is that fully qualified engineers can be had in Texas for 1/2 the price or less than Silicon Valley. They lay off all the Californians and then re-post the jobs later at salaries the Californians can't afford as remote jobs. You're smarter than this, I know you are. And even ignoring Texas specifically, the same concept applies across the entire South.
TheRedChair said:
Somewhat correct? Meh.

I can go to N. California and it's Very Country in mindset and conservatism. So again your point is
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you can't find competent engineers in any number there for $80-120k per year that will replace the Silicon Valley ones you want to replace.
 
Bog-standard Poster said:
Hardly. The CEO's have realised that WFH is a legal loophole for visas; now the indians can stay in their call centres in india while working for silicon valley.

Well done, WFH bros, I tried warning you. Enjoy being replaced by foreign workers.
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Its not a loophole. Hiring out of country is very different from hiring in the US. You cannot treat an indian in india, or a US citizen that doesn't stay in the US for the required period of time the same as a US resident. This is enforced via I9 requirements.
 
I have family in Collin County which hangs off the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. Ive been there many times and very recently. Its not a shithole. It very clean and very Red. I could get a new construction home in one of the new developments for less then I could get anything for here in the rustbelt. And they are easily half or 1/3 the cost of what anything would cost in the Bay Area. Unlike the blue states TX is actually building homes as fast as they can. The family member's new home I visited is still an empty field on GoogleEarth. The whole neighborhood doesn't even exist on there yet.
The whole area has a boomtown or up and coming vibe to it.
I thought about moving there but its just not for me. But if I was a WFH software engineer or in to aerospace that area is the place to be.

TheRedChair said:
3. TAXES... DO YOUR RESEARCH!!! There are MANY places in TEXAS that property taxes and other easements are HIDEOUS. 2% of the cost of the assesed price of a house AND THEN being regularly accessed to what they state is FAR MARKET VALUE.
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Using my town's millrate a home assessed for 400,000 would be 9,800 a year in taxes.
Using your 2% figure they would only be paying 8,000 a year.
We also get "reval'ed" every 5-7 years. So the people scraped and over extended to buy homes in 2020+ are about to be buttfucked hard when they get reval'ed this year because home prices are up 50-100% accross the board since most places did their last reval.
I don't know how TX does the car taxes but using my towns millrate a car with a bluebook of 30K would be $735/yr plus $90-$190 every 2 years for tags.
No I don't live in NJ. It even worse there.
So I am not seeing how TX is "HIDEOUS" on the taxes. And on the SHITHOLE question. Even if you go in to actual DFW. Its not a "shithole". Not even close. NYC, SF, Chicago, LA, Newark, Baltimore, etc.. Those are real actual "shitholes".
 
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Jump said:
Using my town's millrate a home assessed for 400,000 would be 9,800 a year in taxes.
Using your 2% figure they would only be paying 8,000 a year.
We also get "reval'ed" every 5-7 years. So the people scraped and over extended to buy homes in 2020+ are about to be buttfucked hard when they get reval'ed this year because home prices are up 50-100% accross the board since most places did their last reval.
I don't know how TX does the car taxes but using my towns millrate a car with a bluebook of 30K would be $735/yr plus $90-$190 every 2 years for tags.
No I don't live in NJ. It even worse there.
So I am not seeing how TX is "HIDEOUS" on the taxes.
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Texas is cheaper than a blue state for sure, but property taxes are a lot more than other options. In Florida, the same house would be a bit over 3k in property taxes. Here in Nevada, property tax is reduced for primary residence. It would probably be under 2 k a year.
 
Austin is mad gay. and full of homos and mexicans.

sadrefrigerator said:
Texas is cheaper than a blue state for sure, but property taxes are a lot more than other options. In Florida, the same house would be a bit over 3k in property taxes. Here in Nevada, property tax is reduced for primary residence. It would probably be under 2 k a year.
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It is but home insurance in Florida is very expensive.
 
namelesstacotruck said:
Worse. The current fad is "near shoring". Indians want too much money. Gotta get those contractors from central america. And they are on the same time zone as you, so that will resolve all the issues right?!
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I got fired from a job several years ago because the company was shifting positions to Mexico.
 
tech companies with massive layoffs doesnt mean theyre letting tech workers go. Id say 90% of the layoffs are bullshit lady email jobs. Recruiters, exec assistants, HR. There was a massive boom in recruting hiring tech workers but when the tech talent was all bought up and roles were filled there was no need for so many recruiters anymore.
 
Ahriman said:
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Youtoober weighs in.

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Not (strictly) a youtuber - she's an ex-video game "journalist" and a "writer" over at Sony's Santa Monica Studios - so if you thought God of War - Ragnarok was garbage, she's one of the people that sold it to you. As if that wasn't AIDS enough, also an Ex-RoosterTeeth alum.

Quite literally mestatized cancer going "no but Chemo makes you sick too".

AI isn't responsible for the Games Dev scene being complete garbage unless AI was invented and released like 15 years ago instead of in a "maybe it could be useful?" stage today.
 
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