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The Scoop: the Hiring Market
The remote work inflection point, Amazon attrition woes, and a secret hiring strategy for Europe
Dec 10, 2021 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #14: The Crypto Bust
Crisis at Coinbase and across crypto exchanges. Why are many exchanges making layoffs, and are there any takeaways for other startups?
Jun 16, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #17: Dotcom Bust Vibes
Klarna’s historic down-round, Peloton’s historic repricing of options, and engineers looking for a protective shelter from the coming rough times on the…
Jul 7, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #23: Re-levelling at Netflix
The end of Netflix’s 25-year policy of one level for all software engineers. Also, pay rises across Shopify and Oracle, and more.
Sep 1, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #11: Inside Pollen's Layoffs
Layoffs, rescinded offers, hiring freezes, hiring slowdowns and a realistic look at the market.
May 19, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #7: Bonus payouts accelerating The Great Reshuffle
Stock prices woes driving attrition, differences in total compensation outcomes and hiring budget increases.
Mar 31, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #48: GitHub’s reliability issues
Also: Amazon’s RTO on the way, Stack Overflow cutting down on product development,Google reducing perks and the story of Excalidraw.
May 18, 2023 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #10: Another Chill Hitting the Tech Market
A hiring freeze at Meta, Cameo layoffs and the Ukraine job market slowly bouncing back
May 5, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #12: Layoffs Upon Layoffs
13 tech-related layoffs the past week: and counting. What is happening, why, and how long will this last?
May 26, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #28: Klarna’s struggles and Lyft’s freeze
Also: is the strategy of joining late-stage, pre-IPO companies for the big financial upside, now a dead end?
Oct 13, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop #31: Cruel Changes at Twitter
Laid off people called back a day later, and remote work cancelled overnight. Also: success stories at MongoDB and Plain.
Nov 10, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
The Scoop: Microsoft’s 2022 Compensation Numbers - Exclusive
An overview of what the Big Tech giant pays its software engineers, PMs, data scientists and designers in the US, India, Europe and the UK. Exclusive.
Aug 25, 2022 • Gergely Orosz
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