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Best of Blind 2026

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Software Engineering Career

5d

11201

Does coreweave really pay this high?

Tech Industry

7d

8356

Anthropic IPO filing shows that AI bubble is close to popping

Layoffs

May 17

29434

Laid off folks in your mid-40s and 50s, what’s your plan?

Layoffs

3d

44358

Uber laid off 23% of my division

Layoffs

5d

17843

Uber lays off 23% of HR dept (<1% total hc)

Layoffs
Jan 2
Wells Fargoxwo42qIq

January layoffs just leaked. Here are the companies.

These companies have filed WARN notices for January layoffs: AbbVie, Amazon, Blue Shield of California, Charles River Laboratories, General Motors, Gilead Sciences, Illumina, Raytheon Technologies, Synopsys, Verizon, Wells Fargo This is after 1.1 million layoffs in 2025. This isn’t one sector....Read more

Layoffs
Jan 13
Metar5t070JI

I opened the layoff email and started crying

Got the email in my personal inbox. Opened it, read it, kept staring at the screen. Messenger and my calendar were still there like it was a normal day, which somehow made it worse. This is my first layoff. I didn’t think I’d cry. I’m not an emotional person at work. Just the feeling of being unwant...Read more

Layoffs
Mar 9
Oraclew28gABzW

20% layoffs is about to happen and I'm scared shitless...

Hearing from multiple orgs that managers had to submit reduction lists last week. People saying ~20% cuts. Which basically confirms all the news that’s been floating around. My manager has been acting weird. Roadmap stuff getting pushed out. A few recurring meetings just gone. No one on my team is s...Read more

Layoffs
Jan 14
MetadNzaE9C2

The layoff email was bad. LinkedIn was worse

I got the layoff email. Sat there for a bit. Didn’t tell anyone. For some reason, I opened LinkedIn. That was my mistake. A VP had already posted. Sad tone. “Had to say goodbye to amazing people.” Heart emoji. Comments full of other execs saying how hard this must be for them. Meanwhile I’m sitting...Read more

Layoffs
May 20
MetaIC6TUa2G

Meta really hired me just to fire me during bootcamp

I spent months studying, grinding LC after work, networking to get referals, signing paperwork, sitting through onboarding, picking benefits just to get fired before I even finished bootcamp. I honestly can't believe it. I think the worst part is I burned my only bridge for this. My old manager lit...Read more

Layoffs
Jan 5
AmazonQ43DOC2n

Amazon legal posted this. Don’t come to Amazon this year.

I’m sharing because this freaked me out. Someone saying they’re on the legal team posted in the Amazon channel. Said the Jan layoff list is already finalized. Wouldn’t give exact numbers, but said it’s around 15k across AWS, Stores, and other orgs. Layoffs coming end of Jan, like 1–2 days before Q4 ...Read more

Layoffs
Jan 28
Amazonday1todayn

Laid off- happiest news everrrrr

Hey Blind fam, received the layoff email from Beth at 5:50 EST this morning on personal email. I have another offer with start date March. I was just waiting to be laid off. I was PIPed late last year and am under FMLA right now. If anyone in similar situation please help me with these questions:...Read more

Layoffs
Apr 6
AmazonLFDDg0p2

May layoffs?

Heard rumors about layoffs happening in May.. Heard that it's gonna bring a lot of restructuring and may cut more than 10k people. I'm already so stressed and anxious about this job and don't know what to do with this news.. Should I look for another job?

Tech
Feb 27
MetaIp2lq1ba

Rejected from Anthropic/Open AI -- crashing out about my future

Hey all -- I know the OpenAI and Anthropic hype is building up on Blind, well I just wanted to say I managed to get an interview at Anthropic but I was rejected for a SWE role -- i've been at Meta for a couple years and I really want to leave. I'm not really sure about where else to apply / go to gr...Read more

Layoffs
May 12
WalmartWTpAtr4e

Getting laid off today, getting married next week

I just got a random 15 minute business update meeting on my calendar for today and apparently it’s a layoff meeting according to blind. Nobody had really been talking about layoffs on my team so I thought I was safe. Then the rumors started spreading like yesterday and suddenly this meeting shows u...Read more

Tech
Mar 9
GoogleBregmaBro

The only company left with high pay and good WLB

There’s only one left

Poll
8,254 Participants
Tech
May 18
NewDQbDfFo4

Meta Layoffs May 20: The End of Meta as we know it.

The first wave of upcoming layoffs starts May 20. This is just my take, but I think we may be watching the beginning of Meta’s long-term decline. Netflix, Apple, and Google still have clear, durable products for the future. Meta, on the other hand, feels less relevant by the day. Meta has sp...Read more

Tech
Mar 13
NewGZHYu1oi

I think Elon Musk might truly be a clown at this point

https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5 https://electrek.co/2026/03/13/elon-musk-admits-xai-built-wrong-rebuild-tesla-spacex-investment/ he's the one who planned and worked on xAI and then he's pushing out the founders and rebuilding. It's fair but at the same time it see...Read more

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5,965 Participants
Personal Finance
Mar 4
ex-Metakx-droid

Layoff at 42 with 10M NW

My cousin from Meta is fired recently. He is 42, Single, and have 10 Million Net Worth. He is a great guy with good physique and appearance, good social skills, but have commitment issues. He is done with Software industry and want to enjoy the rest of the life. I am suggesting him to just move to ...Read more

Tech
Feb 10
NewU6oWRYTi

My spouse got terminated from Meta today.

Luckily I am still employed, but this is our first time navigating something like this. We have one kid (11) and I'm a bit worried about how things will go from here. Of course we will do what we can in the meantime, but I am a bit concerned. In the meantime do you all have any advice on support...Read more

Tech
May 18
Metaj9U4eAK3

Meta's layoff list is already finalized

Blind Meta feels completely chaotic right now. It's just full of people trying to figure out if layoffs are based on PSCs, tenure, org, manager span, level, politics, or some LOGICAL spreadsheet filter. Some people think being newer is dangerous. Other people think being too long at the same level i...Read more

Tech
May 21
Meta5h1HKTt9

Meta is dead. Morale is dead.

I survived but I don't think anyone who survived is working. No one is really focusing in meetings or anything, Everyone's just talking about the people who got laid off. A lot of high performers got laid off so no one is safe anymore. No one believes this is the end so morale is down the toilet. Al...Read more

Tech
Feb 2
AmazonAraq2vWM

This is why so many GOOD people got laid off

Someone who sat in headcount reviews said this in the Amazon private space: layoffs weren’t about who was good or bad. Finance decided how much money had to be cut first. Teams were picked based on cost. After that, managers were told to make it look like a performance thing. That’s why solid people...Read more

Layoffs
Apr 17
AmazonNQlKRa9c

Is there a mass layoff at Meta on 5/20?

I'm joining Meta in the beginning of May. I've been looking at posts on blind lately and I see a lot of posts about layoffs. I have two friends who work at Meta and asked them if they know anything. Both I believe have Blind, one of them said 5/20 is getting thrown around and the other said it was j...Read more

Artificial Intelligence
Feb 12
Metafweji234

My PM who "vibe codes" is pissing me off!

My PM keeps telling me how software engineering is easy and how they are so great at vibe coding and I honestly think it's starting to piss me off. I don't want to upset them or seem unprofessional so I just politely move on, but honestly they can't shut up about it and it's starting to really annoy...Read more

Tech
Mar 27
Meta0TeXVCNQ

STAY AWAY FROM META: Completely abandoned by my manager

I just joined Meta and I think I've already lost my opportunity here. My manager is entirely absent. I ask for anything and he is busy and just says I need improvement. 0 guidance. I think they are entirely busy with the layoff news and all the stress....lowkey it's probably one of the worst times t...Read more

Tech
Feb 25
NewMIcyFQIo

Leaving Google was the best decision ever

I recently left Google after working there for 6 years. Didn’t get pushed out, didn’t get laid off, just left. New job pays slightly less and I’m way happier. I actually build things now instead of writing docs and waiting weeks for approvals. No endless alignment, no promo games, no politics disgui...Read more

Layoffs
Apr 14
Activision Blizzarddoomer26

Microsoft 15% layoff 5/6 🫡 RIP gaming

#severance #layoff

Personal Finance
Jan 23
NewJ Tribiani

My highest paycheck ever 🤑🤑🤑

No one to celebrate this with so I am sharing this here!! So pissed about how much the government is taking from my hard earned money. But, I am not letting this to take my happiness away. 100% of the money goes to VOO. I already had bought calls long time ago in anticipation for this paycheck.

Tech
May 7
Robloxhd73f

Anthropic has frozen all hiring below staff

It has begun. The end of SWE as a career

Tech
Jan 11
ex-PayPalPenPalz

Lied about being laid off and received an offer from msft

During my interview process they asked me point blank if I was still employed or not and I told them yes but in fact I was laid off for 3 months. Now I just received an offer from Msft so I’m wondering would they rescind my offer? I have another offer from a startup which they never asked about layi...Read more

Tech
Jan 27
MicrosoftO3Gg7AeU

I don’t know how to say this to my team

My manager told me to tell my directs to ignore the layoff rumors and just focus on getting work done. And if anyone seems distracted or their performance drops, to take note of it. I get that we’re all pretty jaded about layoffs at this point. But is this really the right response? Especially to sa...Read more

Software Engineering
Jan 29
Googled00mm

If ICE can walk into Google, what protection do we really have

The ICE news lately is making me seriously nervous. I used to think deportation was something that happened in headlines, not to people like me. After reading that article, I don't know anymore. Someone posted internally asking what happens if ICE shows up again. Not hypothetically. Again. Appare...Read more

Tech
Jan 28
ex-Metakx-droid

2026 Layoffs are brutal

Hearing at multiple companies that they are going to have their biggest layoff ever in 2026. Amazon already started that with today. It was not just layoff, they closed down entire vertical with Go/Fresh - send the VPs/Ds all home. Microsoft and Oracle are planning to do the same, too bloated with...Read more

Layoffs
May 13
LinkedInBKIpkcCJ

Blind was right again. Layoffs at Linkedin are happeing...

People kept saying the layoff rumors on blind were fake but now there was a post confirming that the CEO and CTOs were suddenly meeting with security people and afterwards a bunch of directors and VPs basically disappeared into meetings for the rest of the day. People now think layoffs are def happe...Read more