> ” As an employee, it’s usually best to leave in the first wave of cuts.”
That’s only valid if you can very easily find another job with similar salary and better work environment, right?
If I am a regular IC that will have to go through a lot of interviews to find a new job it is best to just wait until I am fired (while looking for a new job without leaving the current one).
In the first wave of cuts, you're still getting free lunches, you're getting 1 month/year of severance or more, you're getting vesting beyond your departure date, you're getting 12 months of benefits.
In the third wave of cuts, you've had 3 managers in 6 months, everyone hates life, you're having all hands meetings biweekly, and when you get let go quietly, your severance is shit.
Yeah, for sure. No need to put in your two weeks notice or whatever just to get out of there right away. Usually there's a bit of a breather after that first wave of cuts, enough time for you to look and interview elsewhere.
I think part of the reason why they said that is it's best to leave at this time (i.e. start whatever process you need to do to leave) because you'll have the most time to look and interview for a good next job before things start to get worse at your current job, or before you might get axed in the possible next wave and possibly need to take whatever crap gets offered to you just to get a paycheck again.
That’s only valid if you can very easily find another job with similar salary and better work environment, right?
If I am a regular IC that will have to go through a lot of interviews to find a new job it is best to just wait until I am fired (while looking for a new job without leaving the current one).