How much have tech layoffs affected engineers vs. other departments?

We (large FANGish) are more or less in a hiring freeze but still grabbing a few new hires here and there. A friend just interviewed for SSE at AAPL and seemed to have the job only to be told they closed the req. I'm still getting lots of recruiter spam though so I think we're still fairly early in any sort of layoff cycle. The economy is still trucking. Despite many people trying to be first to declare it, we're not in a recession yet. All signs point to one next year though.

This is likely to be the recession that halts the rapid inflation in tech wages.<p>Rising risk free rate has hit growth companies the hardest, and there are likely to be a large swath of layoffs right as we have tons of people bootcamping and switching into the industry.<p>Supply and demand of labor in tech will enter balance for the first time since ~2010. The FFR is looking to have a reasonable chance to go to 5% at this point, so the pain isn’t even close to being over<p>Get used to not being special like pretty much every other industry

The fact that snap&#x27;s web3 team being cut is one of the listed examples is pretty comical IMHO.

Here in Europe layoffs are more uncommon but I am having a very hard time finding open positions compared to just 3 years ago ( last time I was changing jobs ), and the situation is getting worse and worse each week that passes. And for juniors is already far worse: I very rarely see job openings targeted to them anymore. It seems like everything is frozen.

I just went through a round of interviews and received offers from large, small, and medium sized companies. So the opportunities are still there if you can navigate the interview gauntlet.

i feel like im on another planet when single digit growth is considered so bad. and this requirement for endless growth invariably destroys every product

The market is still extremely tight for good talent in-between Senior and Junior.

Managers are still so busy trying to fill open headcounts because it’s usually use it or lose it. But they know hiring freeze is coming

I was laid off last week. The previous rounds of layoffs at my employer were focused on sales and operations folks. The latest was in IT, seemingly focused on senior level engineers.

My employer has literally stopped hiring engineers and product roles. Sales people are still being hired in droves though.

Anecdotal, but we had a decent amount of layoffs over the summer and every single engineer laid off (seriously, every) has a job by now.

My firm is still playing the long game, so we’ve been actively hiring talent.<p>Check back if&#x2F;when a recession is in full swing.

I just landed a dream gig and start in about 3 weeks. Horrified of layoffs etc but super excited for the move. Article made me feel a little bit better but only mildly.

I have not seen or heard of any engineering cuts in any of my circle&#x27;s workplaces. Only supporting staff (project managers etc).<p>I clicked on a few of the google sheets linked in the article and it seems (at least per my random selection) that this seems to be the case at these places too.

My company has a hiring freeze in place right now but are still brining on new contractors for high-priority initiatives as needed. No engineers have been let go yet<p>And recruiters keep spamming me on LinkedIn about &quot;great&quot; contract to hire roles they have<p>People still need engineers, they just don&#x27;t want to commit to increasing headcount, because it will upset the beancounters.<p>That&#x27;s my take anyway

The article doesn&#x27;t answer the question. The list is also missing 2 of the big names which announced layoffs Oracle and Citrix. For more detailed and depressing discussion about layoffs check [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelayoff.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelayoff.com&#x2F;</a>

Engineers keep the lights on. You can lay-off some, but you’d likely spend more money than it’s worth.

Small company around 500+ employees hiring freeze (for everyone not just eng) for a month to assess.

This thread proves yet again, that learning computers also makes you a sharp economist

We&#x27;ve seen a few people leave for other jobs, and are still hiring. Still getting offers from recruiters.<p>I haven&#x27;t seen this play out in the real world yet beyond news stories.

Well the finance being low seems consistent with my experience. I know my employer is currently way more stressed about hanging on to people

My fortune 100 has hiring freezes and and small layoffs. However, select departments are still hiring.

My company is not hiring developers at the moment, but there sure are some people who should be let go.

Cries in Data &amp; Analysis :&#x27;(

Sales is on one side of the graph and Marketing is on the other. Amazing.

&gt; Articles like these drive engineers to speculate on Blind and on Reddit, in the internet equivalent of hushed whispers, about whether they’re next.<p>Bizarre to reference a Blind thread from 2019 discussing Uber layoffs to back up a claim that engineers are reading the previously linked articles in the future and speculating about &quot;whether they&#x27;re next.&quot;

“interviewing.io is both a mock interview platform and an eng hiring marketplace (engineers use us for technical interview practice, and top performers get fast-tracked at companies)”<p>The source for this article has some strong incentives in the area of perceptions of increased competitiveness.

&gt; At some point in the last 2.5 years, you’ve probably visited layoffs.fyi.<p>I have?

The so called &#x27;bar&#x27; references doesn&#x27;t make much sense. There is no way to measure the performance of an individual. Leetcode style questions don&#x27;t indicate performance. And what cannot be measured in the first place in a 4 hour interview, cannot have a &#x27;bar&#x27;.