Layoffs are considered a good look by big shareholders, though. Most of the time when the layoffs hit, the stock price goes up. Just look at Unity for a recent example. (I'm convinced they don't think it's good for the company and they just like seeing people suffer but i have no evidence for that.)
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It's absolutely insane how big and important a company GE used to be compared to how trash they are now. Same with IBM, HP, Xerox, all those old tech companies. They didn't fall to pieces because the new generation were just better, they were killed from within.
GE, for example, built a bunch of our early nuclear reactors.
It is 100% a real thing. American tech companies go through this cycle where they over-hire (on purpose) and then later on they lay a bunch of people off to "cut costs" and appear "financially responsible". This is also easier to manage (if you're a lazy dipshit) because you don't need to worry about your exact headcount so much, you can adjust later if you have too many or too few people. (It also gives a good excuse to get rid of people you don't like but who would otherwise be very hard to fire.)
Investors eat that shit up.
Since companies tend to report earnings and things around the same time, companies engaging in this strategy all tend to lay people off at the same time.
Obviously it's not going to go far if you're spending it at Culver's, but for some people out there it'd be a big deal.
Remember that time Federal marshals shot a man to death in broad daylight and nothing came of it? Fun times.
Genocide is definitely an ok thing to care about but it is not a reason to vote for Trump. There isn't really an anti-genocide candidate right now. Or like, in the last 20+ years of presidential elections.
Funny they actually admitted it, when they wanted to bring me back into office in mid 2020 they just lied and said everyone wanted to come back but me. A quick off the record chat with my coworkers said otherwise.
Turn a bowl upside-down and slap this bad boy on top of it. Boom, proof the bowl is a plate.
Yeah there's a reason they fled...
Being a shield against the decisions of upper management is the kind of class traitor work the person above is talking about. HR's job is taking that kind of decision and turning it into something that can be executed with the least likelihood of an office shooting or lawsuit. Whether either of those things are warranted or not.
We didn't used to have measles popping up like this. This is a new phenomenon as of a couple years ago.
Love seeing Right-Libertarians try to "well actually" this one.