Still at the Q? Time to ask yourself these questions:
1) Do you want to work WITH your company, or FOR your company?
2) Do you want them to do things WITH you, or TO you?
Based on he way this layoff was handled, it seems Q has made the full transition to treating employees like pawns, livestock, children not worthy or capable of understanding the big picture. It’s disrespectful to put EVERY employee into a constant state of panic, over and over. Also, they know that this will cause any remaining talent to start looking. Serious question, not being a jerk... Is there any remaining talent?
Irwin made a blunder by starting the Q in San Diego. It forced the Q to provide salaries in the high 90% compared to other local companies. This creates the golden handcuff effect. There is no mobility within the San Diego tech market, because there are so few other tech jobs here. If you have those golden handcuffs, you have few choices but to stick it out and continue to let Q bend you over, otherwise you and your family would need to pack it up and move to Silicon Valley in order to achieve a similar salary. Personally, I made the decision that the Bay Area was NOT for me. Then there are the H1B’s - you can’t blame them for wanting to make a fortune here, but Q takes advantage of the fact that they are captive and completely dependent on a work visa. Plus, their capacity for abuse is so much higher than “entitled Americans”.
Employees, Investors, Potential Acquirers... face it, the end is nigh for the Q. These are merely the death struggles you’re witnessing.