Stupid Tech Workers Keep Getting Laid Off Again and Again Because They Have Not Learned How to Be of True Value
Tech’s been in the midst of a recession since the pandemic: According to layoffs.fyi, 470 tech companies laid off 141,000 employees in 2024. Those numbers are a bit better than what we saw in 2023 (264K layoffs total).
Analytics and experimentation director Bhavik Patel analyzed a dataset of 2,800 layoffs and tried to — as objectively as possible — figure out which roles have been impacted most. He found that product and design roles are more likely to be impacted than roles in engineering or data analytics:
https://productcoalition.com/analysing-tech-layoffs-c67d7de2d630