Very good idea!

Thanks for doing this @oncejean.

Sounds interesting! Is a key part of the idea to allow former employers to recommend people they lay off, as opposed to laid off people submitting their profiles independently?

It gonna help a lot people and that is just why it's a great idea

Exactly 1 year ago, my startup was on the edge of bankruptcy and I had to let 30 people go... That was one of the most difficult decisions I had to take in my life 😔 Back then, we made a Google Sheet of these 30 names and shared it with other startups to find them a new home. It was an inefficient process that got hijacked by some headhunters that managed to get their hands on our list 🤬🤬 Today, our ecosystem is going through an unprecedented crisis. Startups are laying off like never before and some of my most talented friends are now unemployed😢 This is why we hacked together this platform. Already dozens of startups have agreed to upload their list of laid-off talent on it and more than 20 VCs are among our supporters 💪💪 We are announcing it here today so it can serve a broader community of makers and startups in the world. Whether you need to let some people go or you need to hire new talent, we hope it will help 🤝 Let's be united, let's be efficient, let's find our friends a new job! ❤️❤️💛

Thanks for being proactive and most of all: fast to act! Whereas the problems stemming from the job losses are obvious, solutions are scarce and scrappy (emails to founder community etc) slow and frustrating for everyone. Love the simple idea and execution 🙏🙏🙏

Amazing initiative to keep the ecosystem growing and learning!

Another great project by @oncejean , you deserve success!

I am heartbroken to see friends losing their jobs. This is a great initiative to help them now!

Awesome initiative ! With the current context, this will for sure be helpful to many startups !

Great idea guys. Was just wondering why don't you allow individuals to make use of the service as well?

Solid product. A work relationship should not end after a lay-off. Even if you let someone go for other reasons than bankruptcy, I believe it's still important to give them all the necessary resources to find another challenge. Great job!

Great contribution to the crisis, thanks for offering this service !

Great initiative! Curious

Loads of my workmates have been made redundant recently due to the pandemic. This is a really good initiative and I hope that everyone around the globe who lost their jobs will find a new one that make them fulfilled.

We hoped this tool will produce some real results while providing some privacy in the process as those lists that are flying around in the open are a terrible idea, only attract spam and are added to headhunter databases

We have seen a large number of companies forced to layoff great talents during this COVID19 crisis; We all know somebody suffering from it, if not ourselves. We decided to do something that helps, and Switch is our way to contribute.

Is your company ...?

Already hundreds of talent have given permission to receive job opportunities on Switch -- considering the current situation this was a very needed service we're addressing to entrepreneurs, CEOs and VP of People. Hope you all like it!

this is more useful than the various google sheets that get sent around after each layoff. good to see this as a cetralized repo. hopefully there's some sort of expiration so folks that are hired don't clog up the site (or there's a freshness indicator)