New Delhi: Technology sector employees in the US who have just faced a tough phase of layoffs are now trying to find a new avenue for themselves with the help of LinkedIn. Especially for those who are there on an H-1B visa, it is necessary that they get a job within the next 6 months to stay there. If this does not happen then they will have no other way but to return to India.
According to a report in Live Mint, Neeraj Deshpande was a software engineer at Facebook. He recently posted on LinkedIn that he was “one of the 11,000 unfortunate people affected by the recent layoffs at Meta”. Neeraj wrote on LinkedIn, “My heart goes out to all those affected by the layoffs. It has been a tremendous journey with so many talented people. Being on an H-1B visa, I am now actively looking for software engineering opportunities.”
Let us tell you that Meta Platforms has decided to lay off 13 percent of its employees or more than 11,000 employees. Before that, Twitter had also shown the way out of thousands of employees from here. Only Meta and Twitter are not included in the layoffs, apart from these many other tech companies have done small or large-scale layoffs. A report by Crunchbase last week has confirmed the layoffs of about 50,000 people. With so many tech experts becoming unemployed together, it has become more difficult to get a job.
Saw recession 3 times, but did not lose the job
Raju Kadam, with over 16 years of experience, was a Senior Technical Program Manager at META. He was one of the unfortunate people who was fired. He wrote, “I am on an H1-B visa and my time to leave the USA starts today. Reaching out to all metamates, connections, and LinkedIn community to help me find a job or else I’ll have to leave the USA with my kids. I am in the USA for 16 years and I have seen the recession of 2008, 2015 (Oil), and 2020 but never lost my job. My 2 sons (Arjun – Superman, Yash – Chicken) are US citizens, and their lives will be affected. I will do whatever I can to give them the best chance to succeed in the USA. So, I need a new job in the USA immediately.”
While such people are using LinkedIn to get jobs instantly, there are others who are using the same platform to provide jobs. Abhishek Rai wrote, “If you are affected by Twitter or Meta layoffs and if you are interested in working for Atlassian, contact me for a referral. I would love to help you during this difficult time. I will fulfill my responsibility towards the community.”
The pain of the people of America is also not less!
Not only Indians in America, but Americans have also been victims of mass layoffs. One such personality is Marilyn Cole, who is affected by the layoffs of Amazon. She wrote, “I would like to say here clearly that since I was working on contract, I would not even get the severance package. I am a mother and earn for the family. I am putting in all my strength to keep the car of life running. However, it will not be right to get into panic mode now.
Not only in America, but in India also many employees are looking for job opportunities after being fired. One of them is Tanjul Sharma, who was an assistant marketing manager at Byju’s. Tanjul has also posted on LinkedIn that she is looking for a job.
