• Thassodar@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    Honestly the “laying people off after launch” speaks volumes of the teams that do the same; can you not work multiple projects and shift people to the other one until it’s complete?

    The layoffs seem more like “line must go up’” than any kind of “we can no longer afford you now the job is done”.

    I’m probably preaching to the choir.

      • omarfw@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        It’s self-cannibalizing also. Layoffs are now the only way for them to maximize profits enough for their shareholders to get their ROI, and in the future even that won’t be enough. They will be drained of every ounce of value that can be extracted of them and then discarded. Such is the fate of every company that gets in bed with wall street.

    • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, totally.

      I really dislike the dishonesty. If you’re always going to lay-off/downsize/insert-capitalist-euphemism-here after each project is done then stop hiring people as staff and hire them as contractors instead. Make it clear from the start it’s not a permanent position.