Where I work, there are multiple senior ICs making 7 figures. There are many dimensions in the calculus of layoffs: - An opportunity to get rid of staff they

Where I work, there are multiple senior ICs making 7 figures. There are many dimensions in the calculus of layoffs: - An opportunity to get rid of staff they don't like - Trim down for the particular economic environment (Meta went insane the past 5-10 years, zooming up in head count like a hockey stick. Google has some bloated departments.) - Virtue signal to investors that they're "using their money well" - And, tamp down on wages If high impact engineers had any sense, they would: 0. unionize 1. form worker-owned co-ops to capture the market value for their labor rather than whatever crumbs a corporation decides to grant them.