Beware layoffs - Software Engineer Seasoned Employee Review

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Things were a bit slow

Exciting problems in a space that needs thoughtful solutions. Intelligent and friendly co-workers.

After some time with a lack of focus in leadership, with many changes at the executive level, some new blood was naturally brought on to try to correct the course of this fairly unique startup. These new guys laid off the entire Austin office (formerly the company HQ) the third week of the pandemic "out of fears over profitability". They then immediately began filling many those positions with remote workers at higher salaries without ever reaching out to people who had been with the company for years. While this seems like par for the course, it was still sketchy to use the pandemic as cover for such a shrewd move, especially while throwing many people out in the cold at a very scary time.