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All of these "company X has avoided layoffs" articles are pretty foolish, are all the big layoffs done? Are we even sure there won't be second rounds by summer?
by shmatt 4y ago
All of these "company X has avoided layoffs" articles are pretty foolish, are all the big layoffs done? Are we even sure there won't be second rounds by summer?
Apple could layoff 4% in a week and these same analysts will try to explain why there was no other way
- lapcat 4y ago> Apple could layoff 4% in a week Highly unlikely: https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/02/apple-layoffs-tim-cook/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/02/apple-layoffs-tim-cook/
- paraph1n 4y agoHighly unlikely? Tim cook literally said in the quote "You can never say never."
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- shmatt 4y agoThis just means the letter will include the wording "last resort" and "we tried everything to avoid this"
- lapcat 4y agoThis ignores the headline of the article, which is "it didn't overhire". Thus, not only is Cook downplaying the possibility of layoffs, but Apple clearly doesn't need to do them.
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- boshalfoshal 4y agoHave you ever worked at a high profile company that laid off people? I have. Everything is good and the narrative is "We aren't like other companies" until it actually happens. Its suboptimal to explicitly telegraph layoffs from an employee morale perspective. As leadership, its better to ask for forgiveness after the layoff than to ask for permission to lay off. They may actually get through this without laying off, but its certainly not guaranteed just because the CEO says "no layoffs."
- lapcat 4y ago> They may actually get through this without laying off, but its certainly not guaranteed just because the CEO says "no layoffs." It's not just because of what the CEO said. The CEO's words are justified by the company's actions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34742642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34742642
- encryptluks2 4y agoThese aren't even real analyst. They are propagandist.