The new 12 months can include new layoffs. This NYC man who works in tech was 5 minutes late to a Zoom assembly that modified his complete life.

While tech jobs are more and more extra related as expertise turns into extra prevalent in our on a regular basis lives, tech firms are additionally classically identified for main layoffs. Just final 12 months, a number of tech giants let go of hundreds of staff. In early November, Amazon let go of round 10,000 staff, Meta about 11,000, and X round 3,700, in response to an Indeed article. 

Jeff (@jeffffqu) appears to be a part of this 12 months’s new tech layoffs. Viewers are left on the sting of their seats as Jeff tries to determine what’s happening instantly after an all-hands assembly.

Slack, Google: ‘All My logins Aren’t Working’

Jeff makes it to the corporate Zoom 5 minutes late. He is simply on the decision for one minute earlier than the decision ends. During his one minute on Zoom, he hears simply sufficient of what he must know.

“I get Slacks from my entire team saying, ‘Are we getting laid off?’ And then it’s the CEO explaining to me how our Q4 performance was low and how he would, like, personally make sure that we would be fine, whatever, whatever. You know, typical ‘I’m the CEO, you just got laid off’ speech,” Jeff says.

He then tries to log into his Slack and Google Calendar after the assembly, however he can’t

“All my logins aren’t working, so I have no way to communicate with anyone on my team, my boss,” says Jeff earlier than his video ends.

“Being late to your own layoff is crazy,” says one remark.

“Imagine if instead of mass layoffs, execs took a pay cut when things were bad,” one other commenter suggests.

“File for unemployment and enjoy your vacation,” says one other.

The video has 2.3 million views and 202,500 likes.

Angi Layoffs

In an replace video, Jeff confirms that he did get laid off from Angi.

“Yes, I actually did get laid off. Yes, I actually was late to the meeting to lay me off. I worked at a company named Angi. … It is a tech company in the home services space. There are a total of 350 people who were laid off, including myself, and members of my team, and members of several different other teams,” Jeff explains.

As Jeff defined, Angi is a tech firm within the residence companies business. It focuses on connecting prospects with low-key companies for assist with residence duties. The platform was beforehand known as Angie’s List. Think of the corporate as an alternative choice to Task Rabbit.

A Business Insider article confirms Angi layoffs this 12 months, with 350 jobs misplaced, similar to Jeff mentioned. 

“Angi said Wednesday that it was cutting around 350 jobs ‘to reduce operating expenses and optimize the organizational structure in support of long-term growth.’ The company also said it’s making the cuts ‘in light of AI-driven efficiency improvements,’” the article says. 

The layoffs are predicted to save lots of the corporate $70 million to $80 million in yearly spending.

What’s Next for Jeff?

Jeff appears to be discovering a technique to take advantage of his new free time. 

“As for what’s next, I don’t really know. I want to take some time off for myself. I definitely won’t be tapping right into the recruiting grind,” Jeff says. He continues to clarify that he’s going to deal with his health journey and publish extra content material.

AllHipHop has reached out to Jeff by way of TikTok direct message and e-mail and to Angi by way of e-mail. This story can be up to date ought to both celebration reply.

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