Ask HN: How to track tech jobs market changes

  • It shows how fragile and volatile the whole space is - going from massive hiring to freezes (layoffs next) in such a short period of time.

    I also wonder about these hiring freezes - how are they planning to replace leaving employees? Every company has some % of turnover especially software companies. Are they still going to hire on a team-to-team basis or are they going to allow their headcount to shrink naturally (maybe that's desirable in these circumstances, I don't know)?

  • To get things started, Wayfair has a 90-day hiring freeze. https://fortune.com/2022/05/17/wayfair-freezes-hiring-90-day... No talk yet of reduction in force. That was then. The stock has taken a beating bigger than the NASDAQ since the announcement so who knows what's coming down the turnpike.

  • layoffs.fyi tracks layoffs.