Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff
by piva00 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:52AM
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That's the gist I get from currently working in a company that did layoffs, the affected number of employees will not impact OPEX in any meaningful way if the issue is cash got more expensive, even less compared to pre-2020/21 levels.
But if they didn't do layoffs when earnings showed an increase in OPEX the shareholders would see it as a bad sign, so to signal to those that this is a serious-business™ the layoffs happen.
Crisis of confidence are pretty well known/studied, this seems to be a flavour of trying to avoid a crisis of confidence if the herd mentality isn't followed.
It all just sounds stupid, and like higher management aren't too far away from behaving like children and not responsible adults.
But if they didn't do layoffs when earnings showed an increase in OPEX the shareholders would see it as a bad sign, so to signal to those that this is a serious-business™ the layoffs happen.
Crisis of confidence are pretty well known/studied, this seems to be a flavour of trying to avoid a crisis of confidence if the herd mentality isn't followed.
It all just sounds stupid, and like higher management aren't too far away from behaving like children and not responsible adults.