Laid off

Friday was my last official day at Credit Karma, two weeks shy of my ninth work anniversary. Back in May, I was laid off along with 3,000 others during Intuit's 17% reduction in force.

9 years is at least twice as long as I could have ever imagined staying at one job, but the thing that kept me there year after year was the community of people who joined, and more often than not, stayed. In what feels like a rarity in tech, I worked with many of my direct teammates for 5, 6, 7, 8+ years. It was an immense privilege to have the time and space to develop that kind of trust and shorthand with people. To be able to learn and grow together. To see our skills expand and flex as a team unit. To get multiple at-bats for our gnarliest problems.

Long tenures were the norm for a reason. Credit Karma really took care of its employees. During Covid, Credit Karma chose temporary paycuts and retraining those in non-essential roles instead of layoffs. Employee retention was strongly encouraged through internal mobility. Many people I worked with chose and were supported through transitions into entirely new roles or disciplines. It was not unusual for someone to experiment with their path, moving from the IC track to the management track and back again.

While I feel very grateful that I was able to experience it for as long as I did, I acutely feel the loss of the Credit Karma community and will be grieving it for some time as our paths now inevitably diverge. I'm telling myself that we'll all get the opportunity to work somewhere together again in the future. That being said, I know some kickass folks looking for their next role and I'd be thrilled to connect you.

As for me... I am incredibly excited and a little nervous to share what I'm up to next. More to come on that soon!