LinkedIn laying off nearly 700, mostly from core engineering teams

Re:LinkedIn laying off nearly 700, mostly from core engineer... by throwaway9191aa on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:44PM (#37902547)

This is something my company's internal RTO channels seem to have missed. What if large corporations really *did* collect enough data during covid to justify working from home? Now faang can justify outsourcing the rest of US based jobs.

Force RTO in the US, replace those who leave with less expensive resources.

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Re:LinkedIn laying off nearly 700, mostly from core engineer... by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:58PM (#37907258)

This is actually a brilliant bit of insight/tinfoil that I'd totally missed, largely because all the things that FAANGs have been saying to justify RTO have been so daft.

You're totally right, though. If the data shows that RTO has negligible benefit — or even, say, just a marginal 5-10% benefit — then the logical move is to force RTO for the most expensive headcount (since a 5% boost there will be the most valuable) and then hire globally-remote headcount for all the rest.

That... really feels quite grim, the more I think about it. Time to go stare at my early-retirement spreadsheets and see where I can squeeze out some more velocity for myself, I suppose.

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