“” In total, the layoffs represent about 1% of the company””
That seems like a very small lay-off. From reading the article it sounds like this is full time employees, not gig workers.
That seems like a very small lay-off. From reading the article it sounds like this is full time employees, not gig workers.
A lot of this is just managers that don't want to be confrontational and firing the guy who just isn't working out but seems perfectly happy to just keep sucking at his job. These 10% haircuts give them the excuse they need to do their job.
However, some well qualified engineers won't be bullied by such routines: they'll simply go work somewhere they're appreciated.
You could argue that they did it in the stupidest way though.
When it occurs they’ll email departments and say something along the lines of “we have an ongoing lay-off, please stack rank employees by need”
Then you cut the bottom. It’s something GE did for quite a while.