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The Scoop: the Hiring Market
The remote work inflection point, Amazon attrition woes, and a secret hiring strategy for Europe
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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…
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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?
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The Scoop #11: Inside Pollen's Layoffs
Details about the layoffs at the events tech company. Also: rescinded offers, hiring freezes, hiring slowdowns across the industry, and a realistic look…
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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.
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The Scoop #7: Bonus payouts accelerating The Great Reshuffle
Stock prices woes driving attrition, differences in total compensation outcomes and hiring budget increases.
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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.
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