The spin in the article was that this was just a routine culling of the employee base. And to be fair, an ideally managed company would actually have this happ

The spin in the article was that this was just a routine culling of the employee base. And to be fair, an ideally managed company would actually have this happen every once in a while. A company like Blizz that has no problems hiring really should drop the bottom 10% of employees periodically and find replacements if needed. I doubt that's the real motivator here, but cutting 10% of employees isn't a bad thing at all as long as the people were picked properly.