Exactly. Somebody who is universally hated by their co-workers should just be let go. Nothing to do with a layoff. So everybody who is around has some reason for actually being there. In a well-managed place, that is.
How many times have we seen a company fire whoever they consider "dead weight" but keep the universally hated guy because he's a 10x rockstar whatever?
(And I'm not sure why I'm downvoted for this. Nothing about that should be controversial?)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15474893 (2017) (133 points | 130 comments)