Re:IBM confirms layoffs are happening, but won’t provide det...
by sunstone on Friday May 22, 2020 @01:49PM
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It's a business decision. With the economy tanking they'll be able to hire better grads and a recent grads than they normally could, work them like dogs for twenty five years and then wait for a convenient recession for a big layoff. This has been going on since the '80's at least. Rinse and repeat.
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Re:IBM confirms layoffs are happening, but won’t provide det...
by halfastack on Saturday May 23, 2020 @02:56PM
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How does that make sense? Can the "grad" do good enough job compared to a senior? I've seen my fair share of "senior" developers, who had insanely high salaries for some strange reason yet their output was mediocre at best. Laying off these people I can understand.
That said, management is notoriously bad at spotting these people. Chances are they lay off the only person who knows how some crucial piece of SW works...