Meta's CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn't end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.

Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now::Meta’s CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn’t end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    102·
    9 months ago

    They never assumed any such thing.

    The bean counters know things wax and wane. They hired when the needed the staff, they layoff when it makes financial sense to do so.

    The end.

    • GeneralVincent@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      And when they have a good year and do a bunch of hiring, they say to shareholders “look at us growing! We hired 1000 extra people, so our business is booming!”

      And when it slows down “we made difficult decisions but are now more efficient than ever! We benefited from the previous growth and now we can run lean again” and apparently shareholders eat that shit up.

      I know the saying about not attributing to malice what can be attributed to stupidity… but I think we can say pretty confidently that it’s not incompetence, it’s deliberate and disgusting

    • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yes they did make the assumption that it would be permanent, they’ve literally admitted as much. In many cases they didn’t even need the extra staff to begin with. They did it because that’s what dipshit investors expected them to do.