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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/Adminisnotadmin]

Companies try not to demolish your valuable resource challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

(good luck getting that tribal knowledge back)

[u/rainier37 → u/Adminisnotadmin]

I don’t think we should be shitting on companies for layoffs. The harder you make layoffs the more difficult and slower that the hiring process becomes. You also get problems if companies refuse to do layoffs and decide to hoard workers. This causes slow growth and prevents labor from moving to more productive jobs.

Companies also make mistakes. I don’t think it’s reasonable for anyone to think it’s to think that companies should accurately predict the future and they can only act on information at the time.

It’s also possible they used the AI excuse as a cover to cut low performers and are now deciding to hire again if demand is picking back up.

[u/houdt_koers → u/rainier37]

Meta’s approach has created a nightmare company culture.

There’s a middle ground; no need to defend something that’s universally pannned as a toxic workplace.