Nothing is stopping companies from doing this. But they need talented engineers more than talented engineers need sales staff with red hats. That's why the firi

Nothing is stopping companies from doing this. But they need talented engineers more than talented engineers need sales staff with red hats. That's why the firings haven't started. It'll be worse for the company, and it won't be any worse for the employees - as you say there are a billion other tech companies they can join. Employees don't deserve a job; they work for cash. And employers, similarly, don't deserve labor; they give cash for work.