[thenerdhead]

Everyone is going through two things. Correcting irresponsible hiring over the last couple years, and a strategic inflection point. While the former has mostly happened, the latter is going to continue to happen until new business models are found.

It is very common to see new CEOs at this time to “make things more contemporary” and with that is the redundancy of roles and even people who may not adapt to the new culture.

Much of the business speak here is trying to say “we’re reducing our workforce to make room for new roles and new people who will match our new strategic direction”. Every company is confused internally and need strong leadership to get through it.

Literally all ordinary rules of business go out the window and people are firing from the hip right now. Pun intended.