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WSJ has a piece on it. A third of the talent team, which affects fewer than 100. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-lays-off-third-of-talen...

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Explains why this is being posted on Linkedin like it's a blog.

makes sense. They've been in a hiring freeze for a while now. Not much sense paying recruiters to sit on their hands I guess.

Also, they need to remove the ideologists there first, if they want to be able to replace the ideologists in other positions.

Is there any evidence these layoffs are targeted at "ideologists"?

I've never encountered someone in tech who didn't have some kind of ideology. What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off?

> What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off?

If I were a shareholder I'd say that it isn't compatible with capitalism and I feel that would be a sufficient answer.

What is "it"? As in the ideology, both what it is and what about it is troubling. You didn't answer the question.

You know exactly what "it" is.

You must be one of those folks who struggles to understand other people have a different experience, different priorities, and different knowledge and that you have to actually communicate the thing in your brain if you want other people to know it.

I understand, but I really have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not tapped into the Twitter meta.

Ideologist compared to what? A normal person or a Twitter employee? I imagine pretty much every employee at Twitter is an ideologue because I have doubts that a non-ideologue would be able to stomach working there.

Slightly controversial, but I think most companies could cut the fat from their talent team by 30% and their hiring pipeline would not change. I’ve seen firsthand how a lot of recruiters operate and it’s remarkable how inefficient they can be.

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