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by sk11001 587 days ago
People in the part of the org that's cut. In my experience most layoffs aren't about cutting x% across teams, they're about the company deciding that they don't need entire functions altogether and getting rid of entire teams.
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This was my experience at Microsoft. Cut our entire group, decided with higher interest rates the investment wasn’t worth it. If you’re in a group that is a long-term play and not immediately earning revenue, that’s a big risk when hard times come.
The most recent cut in my org was x% across functions. (Just one data point tho…)