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And yet, I'm looking at a team that was affected by layoffs where solid (or even high) performers were fired while also having been in meetings this week to dis
by UncleMeat 4y ago
And yet, I'm looking at a team that was affected by layoffs where solid (or even high) performers were fired while also having been in meetings this week to discuss low performers who weren't fired. "Getting rid of duds" is clearly not what is happening, at least at Google.
- cratermoon 4y agoGetting rid of high-earners is more correct. Among the highest earners, they pick the bottom 10% of the performers. Or do some MBA-ish cost/productivity calculations and lay off based on some (probably nonsensical, for programmers) "valuation".
- UncleMeat 4y agoAlso not what happened on my team. The system did not prioritize more senior vs more junior engineers (in terms of level). Nor did it prioritize people who had unusually large sign-on packages.
- soupfordummies 4y agoSo what do you think it was then? Just randomized?
- UncleMeat 4y agoI think that there was some VP or senior-director level review of which teams would get cut by how much. Then I think that there was some procedure for choosing people on these teams based on level, tenure, and rating history. But I have no idea what this procedure would be.