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It says they laid off much of the recruiting team, so nobody is left to remove the listings.

My problem is that they signal that they hire until this layoff. The responsible thing would be to not hire for the last couple of months.

I'm all for layoffs, but this is indeed extremely curious.

Is it? They probably just haven't had time to update it. Also a lot of times online job listings mean nothing. They are just left up even if they are not actively hiring.

I think it is. Firing is horrendously expensive, so most companies will follow a progression of cuts before resorting to layoffs. They'll typically start with perks (e.g. travel / team entertainment / office space) and then progress to a hiring freeze, and then move to layoffs.

In Stripe's instance it seems like they went directly to layoffs. I heard that they did institute a PIP process last year but not sure what percent they cut.

Removing the bottom 14% is not the same as hiring another 14% closer to the median.