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What if the answer was "There's data to show layoffs are counter productive, not just for us but for most of these companies. They're jumping off a cliff and we
by maerF0x0 4y ago
What if the answer was "There's data to show layoffs are counter productive, not just for us but for most of these companies. They're jumping off a cliff and we don't have to follow" ?
- snotrockets 4y agoBoard members are not selected for their ability to follow reason.
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoPresumably some number of companies arrived at that answer and thus won't do layoffs, while others dispute the data or think that they're in the minority of companies where layoffs are good.
- andsoitis 4y agoI wanna learn more. Do you have a reference / pointer to this data?
- grahamjpark 4y agoI saw this posted a little bit ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34480314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34480314
- maerF0x0 4y agoHere's an article and it's "update" (continuation of the same) https://hbr.org/2018/05/layoffs-that-dont-break-your-company https://hbr.org/2018/05/layoffs-that-dont-break-your-company https://hbr.org/2022/12/what-companies-still-get-wrong-about-layoffs https://hbr.org/2022/12/what-companies-still-get-wrong-about...