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Layoffs time: move quickly and break people.
by beckingz 4y ago
Layoffs time: move quickly and break people.
- scarmig 4y agoIf it's likely you'll need layoffs, it's probably best to move as quickly as possible. Otherwise gossip, speculation, and fear have the chance to dominate.
- neon_electro 4y agoJust in case you didn't recognize the reference - an early Facebook cultural motto is the phrase "move fast and break things" - a tradeoff favoring product development iteration speed over stable infrastructure. Facebook would then change their motto in 2014 to "move fast with stable infrastructure" [0] - don't know how well that's worked out for them since. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms#cite_ref-43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms#cite_ref-43