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Ask HN: Who is firing? (August 2026)

19ethanwillis | | 5 | HN
yourfired | parent | next
How do you define "firing"?

I recently had a situation where I was told I would not be completing my probation period because I detected a data breach (in not so many words)... then the person who did that (CIO) was themselves removed from their position.

So now they have to hunt for a new CIO and I have to hunt for a new role.

Womp womp.

freehorse | parent | next
Be bold. Apply for the CIO position.
ethanwillis | parent
Good question. I'm intentionally leaving it vague to see what people come up with.

Also, I've seen what you are describing a few times. Usually happens in companies with certain financial incentives to hide "problems"

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softwaredoug | parent
We have

http://layoffs.fyi

and

https://www.trueup.io/

to name a few places that track this pretty well