Meta's 'low performer' layoffs disputed by fired staffers

Every layoff I've ever been in did not mention such things, often they were shift or role related ... not explicitly stated to be performance related. Sure there were the folks or two you knew were on the block first, but also others who worked on a dead product or so forth.

Seems like a strangely unnecessary thing to note.

This doesn't seem like a good thing for the company. Productive employees must be replaced, new employees must be hired, trained. Teams need to reorganize. Morale is low.

Unclear to me what motivated this decision. The company is doing very well. Low performers have always been "managed out", but this time was very arbitrary.

I used to see Zuckerberg as someone mostly reasonable (compared to other loony CEO/billionaires) but this seems pretty irrational to me. I suppose the goal is to put stress to the remaining employees, and show some toughness to get a bit of appreciation from Trump/Musk. It's not right...