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by ggoo14 hours ago |
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upvoteby ttul7 hours ago|
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They have a reputation to maintain, otherwise it will be difficult to recruit the best people in future. That being said, damn, that is a very generous package by any measure.
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upvoteby curioussavage5 hours ago|
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Damn. I got two weeks notice and then got shown the door with nothing. And now I get to compete with all these people who are going to be so much less stressed
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upvoteby eunos2 hours ago|
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> compete with all these people who are going to be so much less stressed

Well many of these folks then would prefer to decompress and chill for a few months instead of hitting the recruitment process early.

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upvoteby lagniappe6 hours ago|
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I want to agree, however, it will take every bit of that time for some to find new placement. These AI cuts aren't just making it harder to keep a job, but harder to get a job as well.
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upvoteby matwood3 hours ago|
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> but harder to get a job as well.

I just tried hiring someone and received over 200 resumes that looked mostly fake. Thinking about adding a final in person interview in an attempt cut down the garbage when I repost.

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upvoteby chaghalibaghali28 minutes ago|
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I dealt with this exact problem in my last hiring phase too and used this technique to screen them out earlier: https://thomshutt.com/2026/03/24/interviewing-in-the-age-of-...
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upvoteby antonymoose1 hours ago|
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Use a good recruiter to do the dirty work for you, it’s not cheap but it’s worth the lack of hassle.

With that said, at my firm we switched to using an in-house non-technical HR recruiter using nothing but a LinkedIn Job listing and the results are exactly as you’re experiencing. Perhaps 1 in 100 is a real human with a real resume, the rest are AI being fed our job description to generate a resume.

Onsite final interviews and technical assessments are our stop-gap.

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upvoteby altmanaltman1 hours ago|
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What do you think can be a solution to this? I guess the problem is only going to grow as more people use AI, I'm sure someone out there is also using agentic workflows (basically spamming every job opening). Is the solution to use AI to filter the results or do you think that will not work out if the target is to find the best candidate
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upvoteby stingraycharles5 hours ago|
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This isn’t my experience, but I think it depends highly on the segment. We have mainly senior C++ devs (database company), and it’s still a challenge to find great engineers.

I think the current job market isn’t “one size fits all”. Having said that, obviously if they’re getting laid off, they may very well be in the segment that’s less desirable.

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upvoteby ifwinterco4 hours ago|
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Very regional as well, Eastern europe is supposedly doing well, western europe (UK/NL) is doing alright, north america seems significantly worse
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upvoteby lbreakjai4 hours ago|
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I've got a couple of friends that left London to go back to Poland during covid. They first continued to work remotely, but ended up switching to Polish companies because the pay was better.
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upvoteby ifwinterco4 hours ago|
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Yes I think salaries are still a bit lower, but the gap has closed a lot. And cost of living is lower in Poland plus there is some tax break for self employed contractors that means you only pay ~20% tax compared to ~40% in the UK.

With those two factors you could easily end up better off overall, especially if you have kids

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upvoteby lbreakjai10 minutes ago|
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The kids factor is even bigger if you move back close to relatives. The ability to drop your children at grandma's instead of paying for childcare is an easy 1k a month you're saving.
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upvoteby amonith3 hours ago|
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I switched from a Polish company to a German one (both remote), but my pay is more or less the same. The difference is that in Poland to get that money I have to be a "top performer" with a lot of stress and not a lot of time, while in Germany I can be just a mid dev.
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upvoteby dozerly4 hours ago|
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Yes Poland in particular is booming. It’s an outsource destination that’s higher skill and less risk than India.
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upvoteby frays3 hours ago|
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Have there been any better tech layoff packages in the last few years?

This is probably the best, wow.

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upvoteby doggo_mate14 hours ago|
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In Europe they’re pretty much obligated to provide this package
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upvoteby everfrustrated14 hours ago|
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Complete fiction. Over covid it was common in big tech layoffs to get much less severance in Europe than US.
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upvoteby flumpcakes13 hours ago|
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Definitely not true in the UK. This is extremely rare for it's generosity. I've never seen anything like this in the UK.
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upvoteby tick_tock_tick13 hours ago|
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As a general rule USA Tech is much nicer to their employees both when working and during a layoff then Europe.
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upvoteby spookie6 hours ago|
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Depends on the definition of "nice". Is it time or pay?
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upvoteby the_gipsy9 hours ago|
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This one yes, extremely generous, but normal ones aren't.
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upvoteby fy207 hours ago|
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As always, it depends on the country.
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upvoteby dd8601fn5 hours ago|
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I would be quite surprised if there is one, but if there is I would like to know.
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