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It's either a scummy way to reset the pay ladder or true stupidity. Maybe both.
I'm reminded of an article that explains this bout of layoffs as more of a trend than anything else:
https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/