From my contacts at Google, the cuts don't appear to be strongly correlated to poor performance, rest & vest attitude, negativity, etc. It has been messaged by

From my contacts at Google, the cuts don't appear to be strongly correlated to poor performance, rest & vest attitude, negativity, etc. It has been messaged by company leaders as "role eliminations", not as "dropping underperformers", so it doesn't give anyone a reason to work harder.