From 1662ca585a18d794eb4dc815c8968dd72f9639f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hamza Ahmed Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:35:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added Twitch Layoffs post --- .gitlab-ci.yml | 2 +- content/posts/twitch-layoffs.md | 47 ++++++++++++++++++ manifest/staging/dep-blog.yml | 2 +- .../posts/twitch-layoffs/feature-anim.webp | Bin 0 -> 3480 bytes 4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/posts/twitch-layoffs.md create mode 100644 static/webp/posts/twitch-layoffs/feature-anim.webp diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml index 887b6ed..682a3ee 100644 --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables: # Major - Shouldn't change often, Big changes to the site # Minor - starts from 0 when Major is incremented +1 for each version that goes public # Release - For each time a development milestone is reached - VERSION: 1.0.1 + VERSION: 1.0.3 IMAGE_TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$VERSION services: diff --git a/content/posts/twitch-layoffs.md b/content/posts/twitch-layoffs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ad0c60 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/twitch-layoffs.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: Twitch Layoffs +date: 2023-03-29T12:39:05+01:00 +author: "ahmza" +draft: false +weight: + +tags: ["career","twitch"] +description: "" +canonicalURL: "https://blog.local.ahmza.com/Page%28/posts/twitch-layoffs.md%29" + +cover: + image: "webp/posts/twitch-layoffs/feature-anim.webp" # image path/url + alt: "Bleed Purple" # alt text + caption: "Bleed Purple" # display caption under cover + relative: false # when using page bundles set this to true + +--- + +# Mon 20 Mar 2023 +The news was broken to all Twitch employees that there was going to be a mass layoff that would nuke 1/5th of Twitch's workforce, +Just over 400 employees. We were not given a date that this would happen we were just told that it would be by the end of the week +or early the next week. + +# Fri 24 Mar 2023 +The day started with an announcement that Twitch would layoff 1/5th of its workforce. The anticipation of this moment through the +whole week left hundreds of us with a sick feeling in our stomachs. They had split the layoffs up between APAC, EMEA, And AMER. +APAC on the chopping block first. We saw people loose access and numbers from our #general slack channel dither. Each Region had +a 5 hour window where people would get dropped in waves. You were lucky to get dropped straight away instead of be part of the last +wave of people and have hopes that you might just be one of the people to survive. + +Luckily I was one of the folk that was able to keep their jobs this time. But 1/5th of the workforce has surely affected every person +that works at twitch. We all lost somebody we worked with or reported to and so morale has tanked this past week, and you can see it. +The #general channel is almost a bone yard. + +In my team the GSOC we lost our technicians, these amazing folk made our lives - the engineers - much easier as we no longer needed +to worry about emails and phone calls. Now that the Techs have gone this workload has been thrown back at us and it has shaken up +the way we got used to working. Our workflows have been disrupted and thus productivity has dropped massively. But not only when +it comes to work will we miss these people, The two Technicians that I worked with made the shift lively and I already miss our +interactions. + +# Conclusion +If you're reading this and you are a recruiter then please talk into account ex-twitch employees effected by this tragic event. + +Shout outs to: +- [Anastasia Limantzakis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-limantzakis/) +- [Viktoria (Viki) Bagley](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-bagley-97a669206/) diff --git a/manifest/staging/dep-blog.yml b/manifest/staging/dep-blog.yml index f109eaa..7eba6e1 100644 --- a/manifest/staging/dep-blog.yml +++ b/manifest/staging/dep-blog.yml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec: spec: containers: - name: blog-staging-app - image: registry.gitlab.com/ahmza/blog:1.0.0 + image: registry.gitlab.com/ahmza/blog:1.0.1 imagePullPolicy: Always ports: - name: web diff --git a/static/webp/posts/twitch-layoffs/feature-anim.webp b/static/webp/posts/twitch-layoffs/feature-anim.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..10eaa0238502aecc73132fe07e0fcbe5e2ebc907 GIT binary patch literal 3480 zcma)93pi9;8{RXDgeXZTxtyAm&!Wc28#_aX48Rz*=PJhqy&-2Wz{jJNl-}igJZ>=>}6cdwV83eI6 z-nHLu|JH-^5d>KTzo-PFI|nh`N3jrx7JwfFS{5c%L}-dWGc#Negb3H|&4K;eXoCzv zRZUK9?@|tMGg31+NE;wW8$^!f*)zY$zO%HATHaM&_^dOaTDD|mF3Qqd)Tf+3m7tbC z>9A11M0(NbB)}o#4S=T#`u`7u{F+bi&FOAx{z-MyJFM#w*ETuaX8J66=xP=)b?4W! zsR=rbCfyi0V#8<>7?tS?OcQLxEB$wp$+=DJK8#<#fXDvgdaC|TPXnr(q^#ap*@tzx zZ~ZiaCnyz91=pZ2FAuBBx+{Sl_T64m(6)D~yJL3yuRX;MOElUJ$Lp9^S2s#^bZMxR zwRVL(-h!XHQngIB+bq%bG4vcy>${c_zrnA)9<@w8F>(3mIwhgYl*LIsc8LMP*|D|i z8Ru@lBSXkzs(8$Tx**erOPahmg{n+wKSs$?w(BPK+M}w?s|)9X-oNKv_b%`HeFrhv z>+wDwTZJ|r%jo?5HPY?}JyxD2`N9Y8y!HZ_?Y-D3vu8@eX=2WmGF`&Cr2&`vG4DOk zAnjF>U`I_(*qONuJv>8=VxJ~12P~2=-YUv6tVQKXAFj0Q@53Z%Ru5yN#h1XDIkC~3H(TwLlF^3CHFQaXDJjQ^hDM1%-OS2}_8@PvJN6w`` z8jQ^en@{UZZY{}rB(w{Dro2}h+>+D1Qf3>Tk;PI7I%a$~UD0r55*X`ItlU>@nk%6@p>>8NYq6`OW+BqXrG`ztY8}1j z3+nvK^ocbOp3bMJ3}dy|O-HaN35TL~(IogU@j!boPq1nm7tNL~1GJy>1!;HoYZA*q zORA~|xS?ED28jAYvXO1)zB<8#LDmvywWp5LQ^42y$#!IUKbdOR#$z)T$`F<+xPLl| zeNDY*R_5qJvIG)Nfw9Mzs7gkT|R3tyB;-}*-2_=SbV2K z(f?E-w~2n_>{sfGuetS7(pNJf}L!Y~)ps!>5ML*c}m=CbflXtn!_rwoB2W-G*7E1o*JJ@bOExKRp*$*WfEhBXgRf$~=yIgpUI% zI#aAaEX2dlToLmgud@01>1(MoBug&!#OK$|zfAT(q`L(7Hz7VF*r4u^H`wdDFkhf( ztU%N6KpXvS%`*wk-oSWotLmqR+#Z@j+1zCv_+22KQofE9>P6q_1v*d@iHVRbF7@84 zL@sscTP|TDF64i6skQuuOT&4RM$0IN5p)o5s_ZUy%^ke}v&$v$(iN>tKehZuKdxTt z@^}8oy%+NNvWXvuPm0y(OuLVeXkktAg|a@ooqU?dmQNf9w_jl87jrDLGx6q)kSTKAiKn5r~9LW0#dP|f(ruua`zC9vi zte1R_lrrG${Feuh{batd(jUy^*mqpAMY_!50xLb&qG3$06&!2R)p`4eufi)Jx%B8V zv+=DL_woIwwQja{xHLNicX-378M}$|B#|wlM23V(8OZftp||qm93*2kk)rbXv@oo8 z4faOXA1g*MPK5!jK|dDGUg!PsF5jTkTHvaNR3z7L8c#isv4VI>)#5+$Uos| z_$TTfYF(7ge>pIpcCixpq?%9qM?Mj}$3IKXr98WJ_P}BF8M}+Jcc^ZyLK-DGr(58z zvi~?pHx7>w+r7zaY?PdFHk;4ZXUoX3tOJ%B(vD3r)4AetC-b0R7dkddmil$0#)aof zYF8o)f&e2-wA20wJ!3X{zUn+#A$qIudThr-C2*mo$@Q<2INUO_rQ&9USgj*fg0jbt z;R$>PQ$~vqc)|c*HtnH}p3^lb1zd|^l#f1ACTZM;HEKB|BbRhmW5>Q|(kd=fP?0?J zD#kXa;i;0Eux{1QO>V*TU|q^&&wBfenk zAxVhG-a}9UUW~7~V3)z|sgtWKFhgG9m51n^l=LZx-5vaydBWT(*t;Z8$i#9F!ik_K zG!AG{(&5+$Nqxdiq0W_tWD7z-!3lE7XeH7!m6p}GGM(n!OIJjb4&$1MS6eqOPKtv)oTaBmy47fx)4=#n`xG#M z={<}yjhbE!!XHCNPtb8D_jdBYgJ_L0rl-VFF(d{KRUg2uQjKZHYkTKjoKB+=kOAyy ztSGO9Cm^hfSONkWY5ucE<<2nL^Y1-sLurudU{BTSCfC@EbYWR6KePY|rZWgN3+^@x z6dxTrtxb7QK1Iv%HiZulzzToZ?6Z4QP2V*|9alr>eC_BPeI9d>3=Kj}HyVEqagJFV z0*v3fmGHIIO#*h=90#kSPY&aO;6AYOg^S&+EwqfMn0$XJDdckMjlPYclopmi(MXB4 zw_LKxh$y;C|3H_V?{#^T;!-sKm(_YcVB5JnXo!)1|DsX9LxzAg>NvSR12u178$-^#y78r^nD;=Y7SScf9DfW>@W53atEG z5r@(raLD+cgQ!MEzhn%((7-}9o5C3(n;hZ2Ke9JePkCoLhbpFtv$a%^wp$GZXJt@_ zc9_~~=>{SPdssqSr?Sv1l%wK2{btpPRsEP-r?7MKRH4`XqQXOcnA@A{#f5{OPJHC| z3*hAHm+NtF=ju`p)jZL2S`oPJv@Lti(nE^-v6~HnSK+l!7=Jp%2=9S#Zw;JP7m-5j zfwStOA_bmwoS2|?yt>=3d}8lis_-9+dk6@jZ4P;