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I'm sure every executive is calling back to their days studying roman history when they decide how much of a layoff will balance the books/turn the company prof

• slt2021 4y ago
  10% is just the right amount, that has been proven empirically over few millennia, to stiffen discipline and improve results
  • zaphirplane 4y ago
    Nothing like a decimation to improve performance <s>
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• jasmer 4y ago
  I think it's entirely reasonable that they come from the same place. 10% is about the right number to apply in both contexts if one was choosing arbitrarily. We are effectively 'decimating' with our layoffs. Though one notable difference is that with layoffs it's an excuse to drop so-called poor performers, but I believe decimation was more or less random i.e. drawing straws.