[balloot]

The spin in the article was that this was just a routine culling of the employee base.

And to be fair, an ideally managed company would actually have this happen every once in a while. A company like Blizz that has no problems hiring really should drop the bottom 10% of employees periodically and find replacements if needed. I doubt that's the real motivator here, but cutting 10% of employees isn't a bad thing at all as long as the people were picked properly.

[marshray]

Just out of curiosity, have you ever actually been a software developer at a place where someone you worked with was fired on a regular basis?

Have you ever been a team manager where you'd get an email from the higher-ups saying "give me someone's head" on a regular basis?