[tehlike]

The no consulting is intentional.

Things leak too fast otherwise.

[Spivak]

Also, semi-blindly firing based on some opaque metrics doesn’t open you up to wrongful termination or discrimination lawsuits.

[tehlike]

Exactly. Also good from laid-off person pov (considering...) as if it were just performance metric, most people wouldn't be able to get hired, or even considered for interview...