The morale of tech workers is plunging as layoffs mount
Summary
Tech worker morale has plunged amid waves of layoffs across large tech firms, with more than 150,000 cuts since 2022 and substantial recent reductions at companies like Amazon, Meta, Oracle, and Block. Blind, an anonymous workplace forum, has become a hub for employees to share fears, confirm layoff rumors, and track industry sentiment, and its user base at major firms has grown significantly. Workers describe declining collegiality, heightened suspicion between managers and teams, changes in vacation and availability behavior, and traumatic layoff experiences that fuel ongoing anxiety. Blind is monetizing the trend through corporate analytics and is developing new features such as Blind AI simulations and layoff-alert tools, though concerns about timing and misinformation remain.
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