![]() ![]() ![]() "These are all Internet people, and they don't want to leave the industry," Beron said, scanning the crowd from a seat in the back. Simple networking parties sponsored by dot-com companies have been around for years.īut the notion of celebrating getting laid off seems a natural outcome of the dot-com downturn that has slashed thousands of jobs from the Internet economy and shuttered scores of companies. She said she got the idea for the Pink Slip parties from an East Coast counterpart, where the parties started in July. "Most people I know want to work for a more secure company," said hostess and founder Patty Beron. TV camera lights blinked on, and tape recorders rolled as reporters from local media to CNN descended to get the scoop from people with strike-out status. ![]() Attendees greeted recruiters, fellow Internet horror-story survivors, and an adoring press. Long was among the roughly 80 people at San Francisco's Fuse with a story and slightly bitter philosophy. Long said his company, San Francisco-based NorthPoint Communications, is under siege since many failed dot-coms have been unable to pay their debts to his company. "The chances are pretty good that I'll be laid off tomorrow," said Long, a chin-up tech manager dressed in a suit and tie, holding court at one end of the bar. People laid off from their dot-bombs are the guests of honor at "Pink Slip" parties, which are becoming the latest in networking and job-hunting.Īt the kickoff San Francisco party Wednesday night, Christian Long figured he had a pretty good reason to show up at this one, instead of waiting another month for the next party. The latest high-tech schmooze fest to hit San Francisco and New York isn't about greenbacks, it's about pink slips. ![]()
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