[alistairSH]

So he didn’t throw a subordinate under the bus. Big whoop.

He still has a job, bonus, and golden parachute. Despite fucking up and hiring way more than needed and upending those lives.

Real responsibility would be leaving in disgrace, or returning his bonus and stock, or something else along those lines.

[Consultant32452]

"You didn't do anything wrong. It was my mistake, you shouldn't have gotten a job here in the first place."

[api]

How much were people pushed to overhire by boards and investors that are now pushing for layoffs?

Why does the financial world’s mentality have to oscillate between cocaine and opium?

[alistairSH]

I don’t care how much he was pushed. He’s the guy at the helm. Part of that lavish comp package should be the ability to say “we don’t need that many employees; that hiring is not in the best interests of investors/customers”.

[naijaboiler]

this. my small company in 2020 & 2021, grew with COVID like most tech companies. But last year, we scaled back hiring more, heck we struggled to hire as anybody worth a penny was picked up for higher wages by the big boys. we are not laying anyone off. heck I am looking to hire aggressively this year, as others lay off.

Part of being a competent leader is correctly assessing staffing needs of your org. If you suck at upsizing your staffing needs correctly, why should we trust that you don't also suck at downsizing correctly. I have little respect for leaderships that overhire then layoff. I view them as incompetent.