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Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic

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199 points orangeteacups | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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gwbas1c ◴[17 Oct 24 21:05 UTC] No.41873779[source]▶
I don't know about anyone else in this thread, but if I was offered a 9 months severance, I'd have to really, really LOVE my job to not take it.

More likely than not I'd find a job before 9 months.

I'd probably make screenshots and videos of the offer and me resigning just to make sure I get my $$.

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jacques_chester ◴[17 Oct 24 21:22 UTC] No.41873946[source]▶
9 months sounds like plenty, but don't be hasty.

I've been unemployed for almost a year. I would not take a buyout in this engineering market. It is brutal.

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1. moooo99 ◴[18 Oct 24 06:14 UTC] No.41876760[source]▶
Yeah this job market sucks, but as far as outside looks at Automattic go now, I have a feeling there is more trouble to come. Considering this, I would take the payout as a cushion to find something new, potentially in a new industry outright