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I don't think contribution was taken into account at all.

• blacksmith_tb 5y ago
  Which is why it's hard to believe they needed to hire a firm to tell them to sort by salary (or tenure), and then lay off (some of) their more highly-paid employees. They're not just evil, they're evil and stupid, apparently.
  • curryst 5y ago
    In their defense, that would likely be a terrible idea. You're presuming the highly paid people are evenly distributed among the company, which is likely not true. Just one example, you would expect that given their tenure, they would be higher up the command chain. Doing that is going to gut your management. You could end up firing some people's entire report chain. At the very least, it would be sane to make sure that you don't accidentally fire entire teams (assuming you still need whatever function the team provided).
  • xrd 5y ago
    I imagine it isn't stupidity. It allows the CEO to say "Not my idea to lay off all these grey hairs!" And then do a company wide meeting where they "lament the loss of so many of our wonderful colleagues." It was probably the CEO's idea or at least approved directly by then, but that one level of separation helps a lot.