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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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