This is the very beginning of forward leading in crisis, and individually, I appreciate the transparent communication in clarification of RP’s current situation and strategies for the short term plan. Especially glad to be reassured that the current team is not affected by layoffs/cutdown in salaries. Though, I’m curios to know if this mean there will be potential on-going hiring freeze for certain positions? If so, which roles are to be expected on pause at RP’s, or generally, in other longtermism-focused orgs in the Bay Area?
We were planning on opening some longtermism research roles next month that we are now going to pause instead, but I expect we will still open these roles—just later in 2023. I’m not able to speak to what other organizations are doing.
Thank you, Peter, there seems to be promising hope for longtermism from RP. It’s unfortunate that due to this collapse, longtermism projects have been affected majorly and I worry that the damage from FTX may cause additional neglectedness or potential skepticism in future funding from interested parties. My speculation is that a large group of orgs will likely to pause funding on longtermism and focus more on how to strategically build credibility and trust in order to raise more support from external funders, at least for the upcoming 6 months.
This is the very beginning of forward leading in crisis, and individually, I appreciate the transparent communication in clarification of RP’s current situation and strategies for the short term plan. Especially glad to be reassured that the current team is not affected by layoffs/cutdown in salaries. Though, I’m curios to know if this mean there will be potential on-going hiring freeze for certain positions? If so, which roles are to be expected on pause at RP’s, or generally, in other longtermism-focused orgs in the Bay Area?
We were planning on opening some longtermism research roles next month that we are now going to pause instead, but I expect we will still open these roles—just later in 2023. I’m not able to speak to what other organizations are doing.
Thank you, Peter, there seems to be promising hope for longtermism from RP.
It’s unfortunate that due to this collapse, longtermism projects have been affected majorly and I worry that the damage from FTX may cause additional neglectedness or potential skepticism in future funding from interested parties. My speculation is that a large group of orgs will likely to pause funding on longtermism and focus more on how to strategically build credibility and trust in order to raise more support from external funders, at least for the upcoming 6 months.