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Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees by throw0101b on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:23AM (#35152983)
> and "all executive staff were let go this morning, I saw no reason to keep those jokers around".

Or you can do the opposite, like Boeing did: import all the managers of the firm you acquired (McDonnell-Douglas) into your own organization.

Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees by duxup on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:33AM (#35153170)
In this case the acquiring company made the right call, the acquired company executives were trash.
Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees by throwanem on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:36PM (#35155254)
So were McDonnell Douglas's.
Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees by ROTMetro on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @02:05PM (#35155789)
I've heard aerospace companies have standing checks in place to ensure that they never go above being composed of more than Y% ex-Boeing employees be it management/design/floor workers so that they don't end up with the Boeing 'culture' creeping in.