[johnnyanmac]

>That would be like throwing out good fruit, when there are spoiled ones.

Have you seen the industry lately? They don't care unless they have leadership who actually has tech experience. The company will float long enough for the next executive to worry about the consequences.

To put it more charitably: They may want to care but there's too much beuracracy to holistically figure out performance, and the stats measured are horrible 99% of the time anyway. So yeah, it all comes down to "vibes". Which is probably worse than random for tech workers. They won't feel short term consequences, so it's not a big deal for them if they lose a few "best and brightest" (they will probably leave after the layoff announcements anyway).