Connor Libutti

Career recruiter sharing insights on job searching, hiring and the market and unserious takes on corporate.

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

37 tech companies have laid off in 2024.

If I was interviewing right now, I’d want these answers before accepting an offer

- How’s the company funded?
- How’s it managing resources in the current climate?
- Why is this position open?
- Is this company actually profitable?
- What’s the vision for the team 12 months from now?
- What’s causing the business growth?

Some can be found on your own, but believe me I’d be diving into all those areas.

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

Co-pilot taking more time to remove the bold text than it would take for me to CTRL+A/CTRL+B

[Paddy Jobsman @paddyjobsman]

The gap in my experience? Ah yes that's when I was Dolce far niente-maxxing

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

AI right now is just google search enhanced

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

Real

[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

Your company does not care about you.

Your industry does not care about you.

If you got hit by a truck today, you'd be backfilled by the end of next week (or honestly in this market, your seat just gets erased).

Companies are cutting thousands of employees at a time while hitting record profits. The stock goes up on the announcement while executives get rewarded for the cut.

You will realize this at some point that you are just a number on a spreadsheet, hopefully sooner than later.

This doesn't mean stop trying. It doesn't mean give up. I still work hard. But I know why.

I work to afford memories with my family, to put my daughters in a better spot than my parents put me, and to exit the rat race comfortably while I still have the knees to enjoy it.

Everyone figures this out eventually eventually. Some at 25. Some at 55.

The ones who figure it out late are the ones who made work their whole identity and look up one day to find out they wasted 30 years of their life prioritizing the wrong things in life.

I highly doubt you want your gravestone to say "worked really hard" or "achieved X at work."

I know I want mine to say "Great father, husband, and friend."

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

We are 100% cooked. Good god.

And this is what confirmed it.

They are now offering Buy Now Pay Later financing for rent payments.

Saw it this month on my portal. 0% chance this ends well long term.

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

@randomrecruiter @heyshipz Elden ring if story was better but as a fromsoft fanboy 👌

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

Claude Cowork is blowing my mind. But it’s only as good as the context it can gather

The race is on to capture every piece of context in the organization

Companies will use carrots and sticks to get that context out of their worker’s brains. Work is about to get very weird

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

Imagine viewing this as a perk

[Adele Bloch @adele_bloch]

everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager

> drive your friends to the airport
> go to their party even when you're tired
> stop cancelling last minute
> host at your place
> support the wins & losses

it's worth every ounce of effort

[rune sword @runesword1]

mogged? brother, back in my day you were pwned

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

5 days a week RTO for collaborate but replace workforce with AI agents

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

@randomrecruiter Extremely similar to mine. Basic without fluff. Has worked for me

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

@theUMreal They say this every 6 months when they’re up for funding

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

You’re interviewing a candidate and they say their favorite AI tool is Grok, wyd???

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

Making bets, taking Ls, and following reaction is truly the only way to know if you’re built for it or not.

[Bark @barkmeta]

when you realize what Gold and Silver going parabolic actually means…

[Connor Libutti @ConnorLibutti]

Workday is the root cause of the worlds issues.

[Work Retire Die @WorkRetireDie]

Sorry my bad - when i said 'let's pick this back up in the new year,' I meant 'let's never speak of this again.' Should've been more clear

[High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry]

It’s important to remember that socialism is really bad, unless you and a bunch of other VCs accidentally start a bank run.

[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

The *only* job requirement needed to get a job at Insight Global as a recruiter