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Re:Meta and Google are cutting staff by cpeterso on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @04:51PM (#32931356)
> the easiest way for these companies to let go of staff right now is to dissolve entire teams.

The options seem to be:

* Cut risky or underperforming products or teams and focus company resources on the products and teams that are doing well.

* Or cut staff across the board, leaving all teams struggling to succeed with fewer resources.

The first option seems wiser. "More wood behind fewer arrows", as the saying goes.

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Re:Meta and Google are cutting staff by ReaLNero on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @05:57PM (#32932100)
If you layoff a bunch of people working on greenfield projects, people will catch on and try to avoid working on more research-like roles out of fear of it happening again.
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Re:Meta and Google are cutting staff by thwayunion on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @07:06PM (#32932794)
Yup. This is exactly how IBM bled all their best talent into FAANGs last century.
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Re:Meta and Google are cutting staff by civilized on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @07:50PM (#32933161)
On the other hand, if there is general bloat, an across the board cut could restore team health without sacrificing any of the company's seed corn (risky bets). Bloated teams can be awful to work in.
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