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by jncfhnb 691 days ago
A lot of people provide negative value. Not net negative, in their work is less valuable than their salary, but actually negative value in that they just slow things down, waste resources, or prevent innovation for their own job security
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>heir work is less valuable than their salary, but actually negative value in that they just slow things down

i don't buy it. . if those 15k people were truly a problem before why weren't they already removed?

Change is hard, firing people isn’t fun, and incentives don’t always align
I would guess that's < 5%, whereas "a lot" sounds like 30 or 50%