I'm not sure if you replied to the right comment or not since I didn't say anything about firing engineers (or anyone). My point is that over-hiring and layoff

I'm not sure if you replied to the right comment or not since I didn't say anything about firing engineers (or anyone). My point is that over-hiring and layoffs aren't "good for the company" as the post I was responding to claimed. They're both a sign of bad management that incurs a cost on the company being poorly managed. One of those costs is that top performers leave as they are the first to recognize mismanagement.