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1. autumn 🐾 hyper-fixated on dogs Mastodon 3 min later

   @zachleat the company i work for hasn’t (small wordpress shop).

   https://www.newmediacampaigns.com

2. Bryce Kahle Mastodon 4 min later

   @zachleat Datadog

3. Brian Kardell Bluesky 4 min later

   Igalia

4. Lyle Solla-Yates 🦇 🦇 🦇 Mastodon 18 min later

   @zachleat off the top of my head I have Reddit, Craigslist, and Yahoo

   1. Slab Bulkhead Mastodon 35 min later

      @Lyle @zachleat according to layoffs.fyi, Yahoo did a layoff of 1600 (20%) on 2/9/23.

      Reddit laid of 90 (5%) on 6/6/23.

      I don't really have anyway to verify the numbers, but they each cite an article from a "reputable" source.

5. Alan Stearns Mastodon 45 min later

   @zachleat Argh, but what if mentioning one jinxes it?

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 51 min later

      @famulimas what if mentioning one makes leadership realize they are about to make a huge mistake?

      1. Alan Stearns Mastodon 8 days later

         @zachleat perhaps I should have done that, but somehow I doubt it would have been noticed. Unfortunately I did jinx myself

         1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 8 days later

            @famulimas well, shit — sorry.

6. Alesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon 50 min later

   @zachleat hide the replies from VCs and board members

7. bkardell Mastodon 1 hr later

   @zachleat Igalia

8. Mike Horn Mastodon 3 hr later

   @zachleat I don’t think Esri has ever had any layoffs. https://www.inc.com/stephanie-mehta/the-company-that-helped-put-tim-walz-on-map-offers-a-master-class-in-building-an-enduring-business.html

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 4 hr later

      @mikehorn nice!

9. Ryan Grove Mastodon 7 hr later

   @zachleat Awesome (the parent company of SmugMug and Flickr) hasn’t done layoffs *ever*.

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 7 hr later

      @yaypie incredible. 🏆

10. Mike Mathew Mastodon 1 day later

    @zachleat Text-Em-All didn’t do mass lay-offs, instead they changed the company structure to an Employee-Owned Trust, the first SaaS company to use that structure.

    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later

       @drumsensei we love that!