People always leave. Isn't people leaving the desired result? Big cuts like that, in my experience, happen when there is an either mismanagement or an external

People always leave. Isn't people leaving the desired result? Big cuts like that, in my experience, happen when there is an either mismanagement or an external shock that requires action faster than what can be achieved with natural turnover. Otherwise, headcount targets can be reached by managing the hiring rate. There is always natural turn-over. If you need to grow, hiring rate>turnover rate, if you need to shrink hiring rate<turnover rate.