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The problems with voluntary layoffs like that is the most competent people are always the first ones to quit.
by rednerrus 3y ago
The problems with voluntary layoffs like that is the most competent people are always the first ones to quit.
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago> The problems with voluntary layoffs like that is the most competent people are always the first ones to quit. Rather, the ones who have the easiest time finding a new job will often be the first ones to quit. These are not necessarily the most competent ones because, for example, people who are better at self-promotion often do have it easier to find a new job, without necessarily being more competent.
- Pet_Ant 3y ago> Rather, the ones who have the easiest time finding a new job will often be the first ones to quit. Doesn't that mean the layoff is as humane as possible? It means you inflict the least amount of suffering you could.
- rednerrus 3y agoIt definitely leaves the people who are competent in the org in a lurch.
- aleph_minus_one 3y agoIndeed: it leaves those people who are competent, but not good self-promoters in the lurch.
- nh23423fefe 3y agoIs this new information that CEOs dont know? Or just oft-repeated pablum?
- gumby 3y agoThe whole “article” is based on a surmise. Its basically a blog post.
- addicted 3y agoThat may be a possibility with regular mass layoffs, because it indicates a company in trouble. However, that’s probably not the case for companies that were laying off people earlier this year despite making record profits (I think most people understood that many of the more profitable companies had overhired over the pandemic) and unlikely to be a driver in RTO driven “layoffs” since they’re not layoffs in the first place and say nothing about employees job security. RTO driven “layoffs” would be the people who don’t live near the office.
- rednerrus 3y agoOr competent people who have grown comfortable working from home.