> the product teams that are left after pruning should try to keep the most experienced employees, lay off the junior ones, and [...]. Experienced employees ha

> the product teams that are left after pruning should try to keep the most experienced employees, lay off the junior ones, and [...]. Experienced employees have been through this before, make better judgement calls under stress, and communicate better. I think that's probably true, if you are a company of people who are good at what they do, and if what they do is what is now needed. But most tech companies seem to be either bad at what they do, or only good at things that are no longer the needed operating mode (e.g., the very common mode of Potemkin Village startup appearance of "growth", in what's essentially an investment scam). In those situations, it might make sense to wring remaining value of the company, while cutting the highest salaries. If all you need is warm bodies, such as for appearances/obligations, or because you're going to do bad work in any case, then juniors tend cost less.