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I echo the "nobody is safe" sentiment, especially after reading this other comment about how layoffs are not related to performance: https://news.ycombinator.c

• luckylion 4y ago
  Business unit performance is much more important than individual performance. Who cares if you do amazing work in some nerdy obscure niche that doesn't make money and never will?
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  • saagarjha 4y ago
    I mean, you could offer those engineers transfers to not waste their talent…
    • luckylion 4y ago
      That's what many companies do, but if you're cutting whole business units, and lots of them, you probably don't have as many openings elsewhere. It's a good incentive to generally gravitate towards projects/teams that are contributing to profits if you're an engineer though, and not just look for another position when your is being axed.