[Hates_]

WSJ has a piece on it. A third of the talent team, which affects fewer than 100. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-lays-off-third-of-talen...

[dmix]

Explains why this is being posted on Linkedin like it's a blog.

[itslennysfault]

makes sense. They've been in a hiring freeze for a while now. Not much sense paying recruiters to sit on their hands I guess.

[coffeeblack]

Also, they need to remove the ideologists there first, if they want to be able to replace the ideologists in other positions.

[lampshades]

Ideologist compared to what? A normal person or a Twitter employee? I imagine pretty much every employee at Twitter is an ideologue because I have doubts that a non-ideologue would be able to stomach working there.

[mkr-hn]

I've never encountered someone in tech who didn't have some kind of ideology. What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off?

[lampshades]

> What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off?

If I were a shareholder I'd say that it isn't compatible with capitalism and I feel that would be a sufficient answer.

[mkr-hn]

What is "it"? As in the ideology, both what it is and what about it is troubling. You didn't answer the question.

[lampshades]

You know exactly what "it" is.

[rurp]

Is there any evidence these layoffs are targeted at "ideologists"?

[honkdaddy]

Slightly controversial, but I think most companies could cut the fat from their talent team by 30% and their hiring pipeline would not change. I’ve seen firsthand how a lot of recruiters operate and it’s remarkable how inefficient they can be.