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Copycat behavior? We go through all these weird gyrations to explain layoffs, but do nothing to explain the insane hiring that happened. And, even with these l
by matwood 4y ago
Copycat behavior?
We go through all these weird gyrations to explain layoffs, but do nothing to explain the insane hiring that happened. And, even with these layoffs, the companies are still way above their employee count from as little as 12-24 months ago.
- sokoloff 4y agoPeople don’t go out of their way to root cause/introspect on things that benefit them.
- ryandrake 4y agoThe insane hiring can also be explained by copycat behavior, as well as a lot more actions that companies take. This is always somehow an unpopular take on HN, but companies copy each other's behavior all the time. "They're hiring like crazy, do they know something? We must hire like crazy too!" "They just told the world they are working on AI. We must tell the world we're working on AI, too!" "They're returning everyone to the office. We must also return everyone to the office!" "They released feature X on their device. We must also work on feature X!" Everyone copies everyone because the sad truth is that most company leadership didn't become company leadership because they were particularly creative or original.