Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?)

Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by deltree7 on Saturday November 12, 2022 @12:28AM (#33570253)

I'll take any IC or low-level employee's productivity claim with a grain of salt.

For a CEO, productivity is at a first order is operating margins. 99% of HNers have no clue how to calculate that (nor have the necessary data).

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by dymk on Saturday November 12, 2022 @12:58AM (#33570402)

And what’re your qualifications and citations?

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by bitcharmer on Saturday November 12, 2022 @02:39AM (#33570970)

> 99% of HNers have no clue how to calculate that

This is just plain wrong. In big organizations it's the front line worker and not the CEO that can confidently gauge productivity changes simply because C level bean counters always try to quantify productivity with flawed metrics likes lines of code when most people know it's nonsensical.

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by onethought on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:12AM (#33571152)

I think, being generous to the GP doesn’t matter how “productive” a single person or team works, if the whole thing isn’t working well (usually measured in margin) then it doesn’t matter if the engineers “feel” more productive.

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by onethought on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:10AM (#33571144)

I mean being Real, most CEOs seem to not know how to do that either… All the “top companies” are cash fires with VC backing.

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Re:Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) by whateveracct on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:37PM (#33576788)

How would a C-level person measure my productivity? Go on GitHub and filter for my PRs and count .. merges/week? commits/week? lines/week? lol

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