Does this mean operating at the same high level as you are used to, but with fewer resources, a smaller staff, and lower budgets? In a word, yes. A much more pragmatic (if cliche-sounding) approach would be to prepare to start doing more with less. So, what are we as tech professionals to do with this information, short of a run and hide? Tempting as it may be to hoard what wealth we have accumulated and head for the hills to wait out the impending economic volatility, that is certainly not the most practical solution. How to optimize network resilience during challenging times Whether we are in for a full-blown economic meltdown or not remains to be seen however, companies in the tech world and beyond are assuming a hunkered-down and bracing posture and they are doing so in spades. Of course, these reductions in force are only the latest (but by no means the last) in a spate of contractions happening across various industries all over the world, often executed in the name of "getting ahead" of what is perceived to be an economically sluggish 2023. This year alone, no less than 40,000 workers at marquee companies like Alphabet, Microsoft, Spotify, and Amazon were given their walking papers. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past many months, the term "tech layoffs" is one you have undoubtedly heard repeated over and over again in the news cycle, and there's a good chance you are already sick of it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |