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It's a small thing, but the community really needs to get over these "layoffs". Companies execute layoffs at the volume Blizzard did all the time, they were no
by TameAntelope 6y ago
It's a small thing, but the community really needs to get over these "layoffs". Companies execute layoffs at the volume Blizzard did all the time, they were not any kind of indication of any major strategic shift whatsoever.
- setr 6y agoStrategic shifts are the only reason mass layoffs exist. If it's a slow shift according to market pressure, then you expect the ratio of incoming:outgoing to drop slowly. If it's stable, you expect the ratio to be stable. If someone decides to a do a re-org, or a new strategy and this whole department is no longer necessary in the new model, the ratio drops fast. Otherwise, why would you drop a whole slew of people suddenly? For the fun of it?
- TameAntelope 6y agoThey weren't mass layoffs, it was a handful of people. For some reason 50-190 people out of 9,500 is getting called a "mass layoff", when in reality it's nothing more than a fat trimming exercise. 0.9%-2% is not a "mass layoff".