I’ve seen some talented people suddenly looking for work on LinkedIn - anyone know how bad the damage was?
Whats AKQA?
It said 11 people are losing their jobs. Why is that newsworthy?
According to Wikipedia, AKQA is a design and innovation agency that helps corporations improve their branding and experiences.
According to Google, AKQA is an abbreviation that means Always Keep Quinoa Accessible?
I mean if you don’t know, and you don’t care, then this post isn’t for you.
That’s okay, isn’t it?
If I’m asking then I want to know. That’s okay, isn’t it?
Also this is a general Ask Lemmy (as in all of lemmy, not just the AQKPTRW community) and so there’s a reasonable assumption that this has interest or implications for the general readership.
So I’m asking. That’s okay, isn’t it?
It’s usually a pretty courteous place and I’m sorry if I didn’t come across that way myself.
But 99pc of posts here are about something I’ve never heard of - Linux and program languages, tonnes of jargon and acronyms. I don’t jump in and ask what something is and follow up with ‘why is this (thing that has no impact on me, as I’ve just discovered by googling the thing) newsworthy?’
I mean obviously it’s newsworthy to me. I thought given how small the place is, that maybe one or two people might respond - people who knew - and everyone else would shrug and scroll past.
You’re being very Reddit about it.
Yeah I’ve read a lot of the commentary, was hoping to hear from someone on the inside/in the know
You wanted to find one of 11 people in the world, so you turned to Lemmy?
Maybe one day that will make sense, but this place just isn’t big enough for this strategy to work.
Typically when there are layoffs, there are still people employed there who know what’s going on.
The number of people is less an issue than the reasoning, and what areas they’re cutting etc.
The smaller nature of Lemmy means people are less likely to write flippant dismissals as part of a rabid pack. Or at least it was.
Weel, after layoffs there were only 244 people left working there. That’s still almost impossible that you will reach any of these people via Lemmy, (66K MAU).
There are plenty of discussions about this on Glassdoor and LinkedIn. I recommend doing your research there.
