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Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds by matwood on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:34AM (#31944940)
> Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here

He's probably not wrong though. People are routinely amazed just how many people these large companies employ. Big company culture often slips into not what is delivered, but how many people does a manager have under them.

In the past, successful companies have used economic downturns as a way to reset this culture.

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Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds by KerrAvon on Saturday July 02, 2022 @12:35AM (#31956273)
Can you name a few of those companies? I’d genuinely like to read about them. My current hypothesis is that a company needs to have a near-death experience to acquire actual management discipline and true focus. Chrysler in 1979. Apple in 1996.
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