Maybe they wanted to be at Pixar because it was a successful company with safe jobs, but don't want to be at the new less successful layoff-threatened Pixar anymore? And the "best talent" also tends to have better salaries, and management decisions are often not really well-informed, so IMHO thinking you are immune from layoffs because you're better than average is hubris...
Re:Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024
by triyambakam on Friday January 12, 2024 @03:29AM
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best talent !== most confident and self aware talent, thus good talent gets scared and leaves
Re:Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024
by wonderwonder on Friday January 12, 2024 @08:42AM
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This is tempered by everyone's financial situation.
Even in tech a large group of people don't have the resources to sit on the shelf for a few months unpaid. Even if they know a severance package is included the amount is unknown and there are not a ton of animation studios that can probably compete with Pixar on salary, a few but not a lot.
Its a big risk to just wait it out and see if you are not financially secure.
If they didn't want to be at Pixar, they'd already be gone.
If they like it there, they aren't too worried about getting fired, because they know it won't be hard to find a different (probably better) job.