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I’d wager that mass layoffs only crystallize the essence of a company, removing everyone who isn’t willing to conform 100%, for better or worse.

A giant machine sheds all that slows down its drive (to somewhere), even by thinking too much, and, at a certain size, it may actually be an advantage

You know how forums turned bad because people with good manners/communication skills can just go to a different discussion place so over time you consolidate with a toxic base of people with nowhere else to go?

Even if a company tries to get rid of the bad people, once you start doing random, the line must go up layoffs, the best people leave and then use their network within the company to poach the next down layers of good people. Current American 'layoff while spending the money on stock buybacks' is corporate suicide.

Yes, and it's clear that the direction is "shove ai everywhere".

Yeah the direction is down the shitter, and you can blame the CEO Satya Nadella for that.

No, they also approve major decisions that affect that directional change.

This was approved by the CEO, without doubt.