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Ask HN: Who is firing / laying off (June 2022)

78 points by tzumby ↗ HN
Since we have threads for who is hiring and who is looking for a job, I thought it might be interesting to find out which companies are doing mass firings and lay offs.

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mcguireio
https://layoffs.fyi/
version_five
This is the second time I've seen this today. I looks very covid centric, like it was build to track a wave of job cuts starting in 2020. It doesn't appear to easily capture the current downturn
datalopers
> It doesn't appear to easily capture the current downturn

Based on what? I think it’s manually updated but it seems very comprehensive after a few days of latency.

DonHopkins
Shouldn't there be a corresponding monthly discussion: "Ask HN: Who wants to be fired / laid off? (June 2022)"
akmittal
Almost all Indian edutech companies are firing, Byjus, Unachedamy, vedantu
ramraj07
Good. Absolute garbage companies exploiting vulnerable middle class people and ruining childrens lives.
Wonnk13
I haven't heard of any layoffs in Boston, but some headcount freezes for the time being. I get the sense that most folks are taking a wait and see approach. Layoffs seems a bit aggressive right now, closer to Q4 who knows...
fatnoah
A hiring freeze w/out backfilling attrition can accomplish a similar goal as well.
derivagral
A couple smaller startups had downrounds recently. VC raises are not coming easily.