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Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work by whstl on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:02PM (#43313140)
> Many companies rotate the bottom N percent to dump the bad performers

I have never seen this actually happen in practice.

It's always specific teams and projects that get fired because some C-Level fucked up and pushed for some ego project, or over-hired and placed those poor souls in useless projects.

Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work by mcmoor on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:46PM (#43328301)
Wasn't Ballmer Microsoft infamous for this?