I want to hear both. "The macro environment is bad, and we never baked that into any of our forecasts, which we should have. I take full responsibility for not doing that."
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people
by sausagefeet on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:05PM
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I don't really understand your counter. It costs an executive nothing to write those words down. What do you think should matter to me?
Let's say you have two leaders in this situation. #1 says "The macro economic climate is bad, so we're laying people off." #2 says "I made a mistake; this was my fault." All other things equal, I know which one I'd prefer to work with... How a leader comports themselves is just as important as their results -- especially in bad times.