[stickfigure]

If you value these employees so much that you pay them $400k/yr, be careful what message you want to send.

My assumption is that this is an excuse to get rid of some employees they didn't want anyway.

[chii]

> be careful what message you want to send.

the message is that it didnt matter how much you're paid, you still are under our thumbs, and we can use any excuse to fire you.

[FirmwareBurner]

>If you value these employees so much that you pay them $400k/yr

A company isn't paying you X amount of money because it "values you", they pay you that because of the market forces that force them to pay you that amount of money. They'd gladly pay you nothing and crack a whip on your back if they could get away with it.

"Valuing you" is something your family will do, but rarely a company, especially a publicly traded one.

>be careful what message you want to send.

The message was exactly the one they wanted to send: "Everyone is expendable".

[lazide]

Or, clearly, they value the employee in a way they don’t want to pay them $400k. And the fool made it easy for them.