Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs
by selcuka on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:10PM
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An SAP consultant once told me that they had a term that can roughly translate to "make a crowd" (sorry, no idea about the actual phrase used by consultants in English speaking countries, if there is one). It basically means that whenever a big customer have an issue, they send more people than actually needed, and one senior consultant works on solving the problem while others just walk around and look busy. It gives the impression that they are taking the issue seriously.
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Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs
by redeeman on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @08:45PM
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this would explain the cost surrounding SAP :)
Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs
by tmpz22 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:11AM
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I’ve seen a version of this in sales where you have a welcoming call with the new client with the entire service team acting all cheery. Leaves the impression that their spend gets all those people when in reality it does not.
Re:Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs
by red-iron-pine on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @11:17AM
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'Tis true with Incident Mgmt and some highly sensitive projects, too. Nothing SAP related at all, but gives the appearance to PMs and Ops leaderships that we're going extra hard on the issue.
And to be fair, it's useful for incident mgmt since you don't know what you'll find, and will often have lots of people up your ass; having supernumerary bodies means I can throw them at something if I find an artifact or concern, and it also gives me a distraction-shield: I communicate only to Senior Engineer X, and all inquiries from Mgmt and Customers go to X; I only have to update X instead of 10+ irritated users/owners.