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I hear this in every layoff thread. The reality is that while there obviously was overhiring, (the generic) you do not have a true understanding of the totalit
by John23832 3y ago
I hear this in every layoff thread.
The reality is that while there obviously was overhiring, (the generic) you do not have a true understanding of the totality of Okta's (or any of the other companies') businesses. You know what is public/user facing. That is it. Companies scale/sprawl because running a large publicly traded company is actually very complex.
Hell, run a startup and you'll understand the complexity. It's not just ship code, get paid. Shipping is often the simplest/most straight forward part.
- glonq 3y agoI've worked at nothing but small start-ups/re-starts for most of my career. I do get how/why headcount needs to balloon; thankfully I've mostly worked at places where we kept things lean and mean. For me, things stop being fun once head count gets into the hundreds!
- technion 3y agoThe last place I worked with Okta, Okta routinely sent sales people onsite to meet and hang out with executives. Make this a common occurrence across a client base and your head count balloons pretty quickly.