In many cases it’s “non tech in tech” being fired. They are still recruiting engineers, they probably won’t recruit more non tech this year
When the Twitter drama started yesterday I searched LinkedIn for posts from hashicorp employees announcing they have been cut. In the first hours it was recruiters, project managers, and customer success people
My guess is they will also freeze hiring more recruiters
Another point is there used to be natural attrition in tech, during the great resignation it was even higher than normal. You plan ahead assuming some people will leave, and when things get bad and no one leaves, you’re stuck with more people than you budgeted for
When the Twitter drama started yesterday I searched LinkedIn for posts from hashicorp employees announcing they have been cut. In the first hours it was recruiters, project managers, and customer success people
My guess is they will also freeze hiring more recruiters
Another point is there used to be natural attrition in tech, during the great resignation it was even higher than normal. You plan ahead assuming some people will leave, and when things get bad and no one leaves, you’re stuck with more people than you budgeted for