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Genuine question - why do recruiters hire new people when the company is laying off?
by whitenoice 11y ago
Genuine question - why do recruiters hire new people when the company is laying off?
- JSno 11y agobecause new employees worker harder and get paid less. old employees are getting lazier and less productive
- JSno 11y agobecause new employees worker harder and get paid less. old employees are getting lazier and less productive
- thrownaway2424 11y agoLazier and more productive, you mean.
- pavornyoh 11y ago@Whitenoice, recruiters hire them mainly because of their skill set. Keep in mind, most layoffs are because a department is being eliminated and the is no where for the employee to go but to take a severance and leave. Not their fault they are being laid off you know.
- tikhonj 11y agoThey don't always, but I can think of a few reasons why they would: - they're hiring for different specialties and departments than what's being cut - at least in theory, they're hiring people who would be above-average workers while laying off those below average - they still need to compensate for normal churn, which is probably exacerbated by the layoffs - they can try giving new candidates weaker compensation to save costs Ultimately, workers are not fungible and it requires active effort to maintain a team as people come and go. This doesn't change during layoffs.
- finance-geek 11y agoThis is a good list. Two more reasons: - Corporations are inefficient, sometimes the HR department is not even aware layoffs are coming - Corporations are sometimes unethical, they don't care about the unfairness of hiring a new worker rather than trying to re-place a worker about to be laid off
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoOne more reason - new hires can be cheaper. Or can appear cheaper to bean counters, at least.
- a3voices 11y agoBecause their job is to hire people?
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