In your experience, what are some early signs that help detect incoming layoffs at a startup?
It could be company-wide, team specific or in a particular function only.
Hiring freeze, decreased marketing spend, founding team retreating away from day to day activities and meetings
100%
All of this except some places where there is a non-founder CEO and the founder starts taking extra attention in the business
Having worked in a startup that may cease to exist in the next few months:
@Firstradar8 nailed it
If you also see all hands/town halls reducing
Fewer interactions between founders and team
Also if there has been higher than normal attrition lately
What was the first sign that your company might be doing layoffs? Was it a random meeting addressed by CEO or some other shit?
If we look at layoff trends in India, then late stage IPO headed startups are doing it to boost profitability, or mid to early stage ones where they're trying to fit into a viable biz model. some mid sized MNCs also did layoffs where the...
I don't know why everyone is making a big deal out of layoffs. Even the ones who laid off are not that concerned than the ones who comment.
Laid off employees literally get free money upwards of 10 lakhs in many cases of senior develope...
Hope you get laid-off & get a good severance package! Will see how your job search goes.
I am seeing lots of startups are firing these days even previous year it was happening.
Would like to know the mindset of employees who got saved. Like to know what goes inside your head. How do you deal with this situation as it can ha...
