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Why are people all pented-up over a few layoffs? This is the normal order of things. Over the years the Big Tech companies have hired enormous numbers of bods

Why are people all pented-up over a few layoffs? This is the normal order of things. Over the years the Big Tech companies have hired enormous numbers of bods and most of them are merely flab, adding nothing to the bottom line.

ROTMetro 4y ago
Because going through layoffs is extremely stressful for people, and sometimes it takes them years to get their career back on track? Because people might be in the process of things like closing on a house, or worse, in the middle of building a house, which layoffs can kind of complicate in a negative way. Because people are human beings who empathize when bad things happen to people, not with companies that did an 'oops' an over hired and place the consequence of their over hiring on people just trying to live their life.
- birdymcbird 4y ago
  > “ Because people are human beings who empathize when bad things happen to people, not with companies that did an 'oops' an over hired and place the consequence of their over hiring on people just trying to live their life.” agree 100%. But adding to this: in anecdotal big tech experience at two companies, many people producing no value. they know this. rest and vest is what they did. managers were given increasing headcounts. they hire more and more managers. explosion of managerial class then hire kids out of school. no vision..direction..why teams or even entire orgs exist. this a massive grift when you paying $200k+ in salary and rsu alone to most junior ic and $300k to most junior manager. how you provide value is question no one asked. instead people brag ‘i have org with 60 people’ or 300 people. Ego game, broken incentive, and innovation declines. Customers lose because to show revenue growth, both me companies just show more ads. hardworking good workers losing jobs. companies to blame but also to blame people comfortable in fake jobs especially managerial class who do nothing.

ROTMetro 4y ago

Because going through layoffs is extremely stressful for people, and sometimes it takes them years to get their career back on track? Because people might be in the process of things like closing on a house, or worse, in the middle of building a house, which layoffs can kind of complicate in a negative way. Because people are human beings who empathize when bad things happen to people, not with companies that did an 'oops' an over hired and place the consequence of their over hiring on people just trying to live their life.

birdymcbird 4y ago
> “ Because people are human beings who empathize when bad things happen to people, not with companies that did an 'oops' an over hired and place the consequence of their over hiring on people just trying to live their life.” agree 100%. But adding to this: in anecdotal big tech experience at two companies, many people producing no value. they know this. rest and vest is what they did. managers were given increasing headcounts. they hire more and more managers. explosion of managerial class then hire kids out of school. no vision..direction..why teams or even entire orgs exist. this a massive grift when you paying $200k+ in salary and rsu alone to most junior ic and $300k to most junior manager. how you provide value is question no one asked. instead people brag ‘i have org with 60 people’ or 300 people. Ego game, broken incentive, and innovation declines. Customers lose because to show revenue growth, both me companies just show more ads. hardworking good workers losing jobs. companies to blame but also to blame people comfortable in fake jobs especially managerial class who do nothing.