Layoffs Community

by Happy_soul

8 months ago

Worth waiting for right offer (100% hike with remote)

I was laid off on 7th Sep and my garden leave was till 29th Sep. I got average severance package and I was in panic situation for almost 2 weeks. I gave interviews for 12 targeted position (luckily got till last rounds for all positions and got total 5 offers. 2 offers felt like being exploited, employers were milking my layoff situation and offered 10%-15%. I took a call to reject them and explore further. Got 3 offers in first week of Jan, these were worth considering. Yes I did wait for 4 months to see such favourable offers. One with 15% hile and relocation, second with 60k Euro and move to Europe and third offer with 100% hike with remote. It was a no brainer and I closed on the one with Remote and 100% hike. Dont just rush to close on anything which comes first, assess the future and close on the decent or best one according to ur needs. For those who were laid-off recently and looking for opportunities I would say keep faith market is opening and positions are getting listed. You will get something good soon.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

8 months ago

Damn you man! Something I am manifesting 🤞 Congratulations on new role! Do share your learnings through the journey

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

I am preparing a doc, this will have a complete journey of Do’s and Dont’s. I am also planning to put a YT video for this.

RealOldmonk

Stealth

8 months ago

@Beep new career counsellor in making

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Silver

Unemployed

8 months ago

What's your new compensation?

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

Aisi baatein batayi nahi jati, nazar lag jati hai 😂

Silver

Unemployed

8 months ago

Hum toh aapko jaante hi nahi, kya hi nazar lagegi. Sharing your comp anonymously would only help the community know what the pay is like these days so they can negotiate better.

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Itachi777

Stealth

8 months ago

What role? Engineering or non engineering?

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

Not eng, I am from CX team.

Silver

Unemployed

8 months ago

I feel with posts like these, people should realise that sabka apna apna hota hai. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. For OP, they worked out, doesn't mean it will for you as well. Everyone needs to assess their situation and risk taking capability. This is not a great job market and being out of a job for so long can be emotionally/mentally/financially taxing for many.

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

I would agree with this as in my case I got what I prepared for. I also got interviews for Amazon and Microsoft post I accepted this offer. For my field the positions have started flooding from Jan.

Sabre

Student

8 months ago

What post customer success manager?

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Wanderer

Stealth

8 months ago

I absolutely agree with you. I made this mistake of joining an absolute shit of a company (services based into banking/loyalty programs). I had a psycho manager who didn’t know jack shit but had a senior title. I lasted only a few months. This is the absolute worst workplace ever in my life. Never accept an offer in a hurry, it’s best to wait for some time and accept what meets your standards!

IlkayGundogan

Salesforce

8 months ago

How did you know about Europe opening and apply for them? I had heard most of them have sponsoring issue and throw us out in screening process?

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

I applied to the positions in European countries with labour shortage. Specially with emerging start-ups and expanding globally. Trust me companies in countries like Poland, Netherland, Estonia are willing to sponsor skilled people from other countries and their Government is also inclined towards it.

IlkayGundogan

Salesforce

8 months ago

How can we get to know about these specific openings? Is there a website?

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Aragorn_urf_Maverick

Accenture

8 months ago

Damn…this is insane. You must be good at what you do.

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

I believe its all luck and timing. I did best as per my standard and at times it didn’t truen put well however this time everything got clubbed as a good juicy fruit. Dene wala jab bhi deta, deta chappar faad ke.

Aragorn_urf_Maverick

Accenture

8 months ago

Still in this tough market, you are able to convert so many calls. Thats insane. All the best

Waddup

Student

8 months ago

Thanks bro I am a fresher of 23 grad... Still hoping to get something good mid 2024...some tips for a fresher bro?

PolarBear

Stealth

8 months ago

When did you get the joining for Accenture?

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

As I said in one of the comments, I am not trying to become a career counsellor. I can just give tips of applying for positions of your domain, use AI tools to crack ATS, reach-out to recruiters on linkedin and lastly use YT for learning new ways to find jobs,/improve CV/prepare for Interviews

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Narcobot

Cisco

8 months ago

What were the time intervals in which you got your offers? And how much time did you have on before an offer expired

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

2 offers in Nov end, rest 3 in first week of Jan. Offers generally have a timeline of 1 week. I accepted 2 offers and then rejected the other post week. I really feel bad to say no to that amazing recruiter, she felt bad as well. I apologised to her and hope she understands my situation as well.

CultureMan

Allstate

8 months ago

Its good to hear stories like this! May the force be with you bro!

Lord

Samsung

8 months ago

Please do share the link for your new post here as well. Would love to read.

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

Sure

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

7 months ago

@Lord https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MZSeUt2XhBIp6oBubirud-ceSjxzLYRAhNrCv8tHvc/edit?usp=sharing

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WittyBamboo

Deloitte

8 months ago

Congratulations for your new role👏👏

Rocker

Deloitte

8 months ago

How much experience do you have

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

13YOE

Rocker

Deloitte

8 months ago

That's great.

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dev_lazy92

Meesho

8 months ago

Good strategy, the ultimate leverage you can have in negotiations is to simply walk away.

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

7 months ago

I am sharing the doc that some of you asked for. Creating a new post as well, which includes the link. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MZSeUt2XhBIp6oBubirud-ceSjxzLYRAhNrCv8tHvc/edit?usp=sharing

MagicalSymphony

Microsoft

8 months ago

Congratulations! Could you share the name of the remote company ?

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

I feel in this world finding someone with the details like company and day range is easy. Hence keeping the same limited.

Disruptor

Freelancer

8 months ago

TC or GTFO

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

Can’t conclude what’s the intention, I am assuming this is a mixed feeling from you.

Happy_soul

Eventbrite

8 months ago

Can’t conclude what’s the intention, I am assuming this is a mixed feeling from you.

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Liger

Stealth

8 months ago

In which domain

FunnyBones

Plivo

8 months ago

Congrats OP! I did think 2024 would open up more positions and things will start looking up. But unfortunately for tech, layoffs have started again so it seems like a harsh market. Anyway, hope to read more positive thread like urs :)

NoCodeNoLife

Razorpay

8 months ago

TC or gtfo