Just a heads up folks- the mother of all layoffs are starting. WARN notices soon.
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@dq no, I track daily since September 02, that's definitely a mass lay off, not the peak level of September, but still.
Here is a comparison last 3 days:
- mar24, 1am UTC: 166542 (+2)
- mar24, 1:30pm UTC: 166434 (-108)
- mar24, 10:30pm UTC: 166432 (-2)
- mar25, 1pm UTC: 166343 (-89)
- mar25, 3pm UTC: 166325 (-18)
- mar25, 8:30pm UTC: 166092 (-233)
- mar25, 9pm UTC: 166072 (-20)
- mar25, 11pm UTC: 165995 (-77)
- mar26, 1pm UTC: 165865 (-130)
- mar26, 6:30pm UTC: 165800 (-65)
vs peak layoffs early September:
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
vs ending layoffs early October
- oct01, 4am UTC: 167277 (0)
- oct01, 6:30pm UTC: 167116 (-161)
- oct01, 10pm UTC: 167160 (+44)
- oct02, 4am UTC: 167080 (-80)
- oct02, 3pm UTC: 167092 (+12)
- oct03, 4am UTC: 167001 (-91)
- oct03, 3pm UTC: 167014 (+13)
- oct04, 5am UTC: 166695 (-319)
- oct05, 6:30pm UTC: 166720 (+25)
- oct06, 4am UTC: 166692 (-28)
- oct06, 7pm UTC: 166814 (+122)
- oct07, 6am UTC: 166774 (-40)
- oct08, 4am UTC: 166731 (-43)
- oct08, 3pm UTC: 166740 (+9)
- oct09, 4am UTC: 166670 (-70)
If you are H1B or L1 transfer, your job is safe
@a2 for a company that has 166k employees this fluctuation in nothing, not to panic
I just searched for current WA state WARN notices and didn't see anything since end of 2025. Of course, such artifacts are likely delivered 'Just in time'.
slack totals confirm that it seems it might have started today, we shot out of standard daily deviation window
- mar24, 10:30pm UTC: 166432 (-2)
- mar25, 1pm UTC: 166343 (-89)
- mar25, 3pm UTC: 166325 (-18)
- mar25, 8:30pm UTC: 166092 (-233)