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Good ol' Roman army strategy of "Decimation", in 1 in 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_

• onetimemanytime 8y ago
  "SpaceX decimates its WorForce" would have been just as correct but then Swat Teams might have moved in :). On topic, probably just cutting out the fat (I'm sure most companies can fire 10% and a month later very few would notice the difference). But then, why not move them to R&D? I doubt SpaceX has cash problems to fire (more or less) essential workers.
  • wolco 8y ago
    As long as the company is planning on doing 10% less than most will not notice. 10% usually means 10% to 40% of company productivity is affected shortterm. 10% leave, 5% wanted to get fired but didn't, 25% will think they are next and change how they work (some positive some negative). It is usually a signal for top performers to start moving on. In this case the story is spacex is growing conflicts with the layoffs.