Exactly. Take a look around and imagine your company with 10-15% less.
Most people don't find that such a terrible idea.
Most people don't find that such a terrible idea.
The 10-15% percent aren't necessarily all bad performers but might just be people working on teams that are to be disbanded entirely.
Team that managed to hire good people and fire bad performers already ? You're basically taking productivity out.
Ops team that every other software team is dependent on and already overloaded ? Now every other team will feel delay in dealing with their stuff.