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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by Hasz on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:43AM (#34247851)
It’s a bit more ironic than that —- at least according to to Wikipedia, they drew lots (I.e randomly) for the individual who was killed.
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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by autophagian on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:56AM (#34248060)
I get the feeling that this is more-or-less how stack ranking actually tends to pan out.
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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by thomasjudge on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:03PM (#34248183)
More like, managers playing favorites
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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by jrs235 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:51PM (#34266352)
The toxic reason to never miss unpaid happy hours!
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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by llampx on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:56AM (#34248059)
Layoffs
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Re:Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructu... by illumego on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:00PM (#34254420)
I think the reasoning behind decimation was that it was supposed to be an equivalent bloodbath defeat. Historically, a rout typically resulted in about 10% casualties. Decimation reduced the calculus of a Roman soldier to 'stay in the fight, and risk a 10% chance of death' versus 'run, and risk a 10% chance of being killed at random by your tentmates'.
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