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Team lay-off

8 points by throw20210211 ↗ HN
Hi HN,

I work at an e-commerce company that recently took the decision of closing an entire department and laying off all employees from that branch.

Many teams are impacted. I was curious if there is any opportunities/companies looking to hire multiple people, maybe entire team at the time ?

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forgotmysn
opportunities like these exist, but they are usually network-driven. knowing someone high up at a large tech co is usually how something like this happens.

if you're looking for a landing spot for a technical team, i might be able to make some intros. can you describe the size and expertise of the team?

throw20210211
My team have 7 people distributed across the globe. 1 in Texas, 2 in bay area and a few folks in Quebec.

We've been working with clojure/java/react/typescript.

We have built a lot of systems, for products catalog management, orders management, customer arrival detection, customer support tooling, among others. We migrated from aws to google cloud.

Clojure was the main lang we used, but we also worked with python, nodejs, some Go.

codegeek
Entire team is hard to hire all at once. People hire individuals generally, not teams. Teams are formed with individuals. Instead of thinking about the whole team (in my opinion), focus on the individuals and try to get everyone's Resume out. The goal is for individuals to find a job, not the whole team together.
throw20210211
It doesn't have to be the entire team.

I see it as an opportunity for a company to "acquihire" some people for a specific expertise maybe.

But we are certainly all preparing individually at the same time.

sloaken
I recommend you make a support group[ for your team. Meet weekly and discuss how things are going. Purpose:

1) Help people focus - when you are laid off its easy to get lost

2) Discuss opportunities - if one of you finds a great job listing, they should share it. You are not so much competing with each other as you are competing with hundreds of others. One more competitor does not matter but increases teams odds.

3) Lay down goals and objectives - Weekly and long term. You should write out your strategy for finding a job, set a time limit for readdressing your strategy (like 3 months).

4) Help each other - write resumes, develop elevator speeches.

5) Support - It is encouraging to know others care. Others will help me redo my resume, and provide encouragement. For those with low self esteem, it will help them boost their resumes properly.

iExploder
you could try to start a consulting company together
tucaz
Not long ago HyVee in the Midwest was looking specifically for entire teams on LinkedIn. You can reach out to one of their recruiters and see if they still are.

Look for Amanda Wittmaack.