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RTO, how are we feeling about it?

I've been seeing a lot of chatter about this lately, on Reddit and just generally.

A year ago people were saying they'd quit before going back full time. Now the conversation feels different. The job market got tight and I think a lot of people are just quietly complying because it feels like the safer move right now.

I'm based in Canada and the conversation feels a bit different here than what I read coming out of the US, but I'm curious what it actually looks like on the ground for people wherever you are.

Are you dealing with an RTO situation at work right now? Did it change anything for you?

And if you're job searching, where does flexibility land on your list of priorities?

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u/Huntr_Support — 14 hours ago
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It's almost time for the 2026 Q1 Job Search Trends Report!

The full report drops next week, what do you want to know? Ask a specific question about job search trends, and we'll pull some numbers for you.

u/Huntr_Support — 1 day ago
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Cloudflare just had their best revenue quarter ever and laid off 1,100 people the same day.

Cloudflare cut 20% of their workforce last Thursday, their first mass layoff in 16 years. The same day they reported their highest revenue quarter on record. The reason given was pretty straightforward AI tools have changed how much the team can get done, and they no longer need the same headcount to do it.

What's striking is how consistent this story is getting. Meta, Block, Oracle, and now Cloudflare. These are profitable, growing businesses making a deliberate decision that fewer people plus better AI tools equals the new operating model.

Cloudflare's CEO actually said internally their AI usage jumped over 600% in three months and described the shift as going from a manual to an electric screwdriver. He also said he expects to have more employees in 2027 than at any point this year.

For anyone job searching in tech right now, this feels relevant.

What are you all making of this trend? Does it change how you're thinking about the kinds of roles or companies you're targeting?

  1. Yahoo Finance

  2. Techcrunch

u/Huntr_Support — 2 days ago
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Happy Sunday. This is your weekly open thread for anything job search related.

Advice, job search/resume questions, questions about the Huntr platform, something you learned this week, a win you want to share, or just something you've been curious about and haven't had a chance to ask yet.

u/Huntr_Support — 4 days ago
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It's Friday which means it's time to close out the week.

Drop yours in the comments: what did you actually get done this week in your job search? Could be big, could be small. Sent your first application in months, rewrote a bullet point you've been avoiding, had a call that went better than expected. All of it counts.

And if you want to share what you're going into next week focused on, even better!

u/Huntr_Support — 6 days ago
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I was a few rounds deep into an interview process, feeling pretty good about where things were headed, and then found out the recruiter I had been working with was let go by the same company I was interviewing with.

I genuinely did not know what to do. Do you follow up? With who? Is there even still a process? Does my application just exist in a void now?

I eventually tracked down someone on LinkedIn, got a reply but then ghosted.

Your turn! Share your experiences below.

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u/Huntr_Support — 6 days ago
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This happened to me exactly 4 times after my first lay off in 2021.

I think there's something uniquely cruel about that, at least a rejection gives you something to work with. Has this happened to you? How do you move on from it?

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u/Huntr_Support — 9 days ago
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I came across a posting yesterday for an entry level coordinator role. It required 3-5 years of experience, a degree, and proficiency in four different tools, and you needed a car to be considered. The salary was $38k.

There's something really broken about a market that calls something entry level and then lists requirements that would qualify someone for a senior role, not to mention the need for transportation (I live in a incredibly car centric city).

What's the most ridiculous one you've seen?

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u/Huntr_Support — 9 days ago
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I run support and knowledge content solo so AI tools are just part of the day at this point.

I had read something a while back by Boris Cherny (the person who built Claude Code at Anthropic) he thinks the title "software engineer" will disappear, replaced by "builder," and that everyone essentially becomes a product manager who codes. He mentioned it's going to be painful for a lot of people.

Anthropic also published labor market research recently that's actually pretty measured. They found AI is nowhere near its theoretical capability in practice, and there's no clear unemployment spike yet for the most exposed workers. Though hiring of younger workers has quietly slowed in those fields, which is worth paying attention to-but we are also seeing there is a lot of new grad hiring in others.

Has using AI at work changed how you're thinking about your role at all? Or does it still feel kind of abstract day to day?

Articles I've dug into for reference:

https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/new-grads-are-finding-jobs-faster-despite-a-competitive-job-market-says-report.html

u/Huntr_Support — 14 days ago