> calling them cockups is a stretch The gap between hot-as-hell hiring and firing is lower than 6 months, I don't think it's a stretch. Now from their point o

> calling them cockups is a stretch The gap between hot-as-hell hiring and firing is lower than 6 months, I don't think it's a stretch. Now from their point of view, it's not a big problem. You gotta think long term, and long term it's good. Operational expenses going down, and will help lower wage! Awesome outcome! But hiring/firing isn't free so it would have been better to not hire ; there's also the human side of things but I think the conscience weight on their shoulders for beheading 12k people is marginal at best. So tis a cock up in the same sense you would call trashing an expired milk carton from your fridge a cockup. From a dev perspective, the story is different, and I think cock up is probably a euphemism.