[Ozzie_osman]

There is no way to lay off thousands of people with rhyme or reason. Too much to coordinate with too much secrecy/liability. So it ends up being really broad cuts, like:

  - entire business unit or team
  - everyone hired after date X
  - everyone in geography Y
  - everyone with some level and at or below a certain perf threshold

It's chops with an axe not incisions with a surgical tool.

Being really good can save you from that last bullet points but not the other. It can also help you find a new job that much faster.

[krackers]

   - employee_id % 10

[srean]

That is decimating.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

For those who aren't aware that it's not just wordplay:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/decimate

[hulitu]

Depends on the language. Rust is safer /s

[scruple]

> everyone hired after date X

In one case of layoffs this week, I know of people who were laid off that were in the first ~100 employees. I speculate that this specific layoff was purely financially motivated.