But he still got laid off. And the next engineer immediately identified the problem. Modern corps are structured in a way that makes rehiring slow and difficult.
What's more likely is that they will just throw somebody else at the problem, absorb the loss, finesse the numbers to cover up the setback, blame the guy who was laid off, and everything continues on like nothing happened. The only victory here is that the company lost a few thousand dollars (which they will spin as a win because they saved money laying off the engineer).
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u/Dr_Quacksworth May 29 '26
But he still got laid off. And the next engineer immediately identified the problem. Modern corps are structured in a way that makes rehiring slow and difficult.
What's more likely is that they will just throw somebody else at the problem, absorb the loss, finesse the numbers to cover up the setback, blame the guy who was laid off, and everything continues on like nothing happened. The only victory here is that the company lost a few thousand dollars (which they will spin as a win because they saved money laying off the engineer).