Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff

Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by andsoitis on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:09AM (#34726133)

if, as you say, the economy is super strong and employment opportunities are robust, then nobody should worry about the layoffs because hey, you’ll find a new gig easily!

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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by hirako2000 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:46AM (#34726818)

Many people have been at a place for a while, some over a decade. Massive layoffs means quick and picking individuals who rarely demonstrated poor performance.

What it means to someone being laid off is far more than the challenges in finding another place.

Plenty of fish and a rich dating scene out there. If you are dumped for dubious reason, would the argument that it isn't a problem at all to find someone else stand to not touch on the reasons?

Plus given the power dynamic at play, don't you think the debate should go on with the reasons for what almost look like a centralised decision making power deciding when millions people should be let go despite no correlation with poor individual performance and even business performance in many cases?

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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by andsoitis on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:55PM (#34734651)

> millions people should be let go

Where did you get the notion that millions of people have been laid off?

Not that it is the canonical source of truth, but according layoffs.fyi:

- 2023: 100k people laid off at 332 tech companies

- 2022: 160k people laid off at 1044 tech companies

source: https://layoffs.fyi

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