[lovich]

All I know is that firing half my employees and never hiring entry level people again nets me a bonus next quarter.

Not really sure why this article is talking about what happens 2 years from now since that’s 8 times longer than anything anyone with money or power cares about.

[Esophagus4]

Hmmm I know this it’s true because if management only thought quarterly, no one would ever hire anyone. Hiring someone takes 6+ months to pay off as they get up to productivity.

[thfuran]

But the management immediately gets street cred for increasing headcount and managing more resources.

[Esophagus4]

I can't tell if we're doing like a sarcastic joking thing where we're making fun of management, or if you really believe this. If we're joking around, then haha. If you really believe this to be true, then you have a warped view of reality.

The street cred doesn't come from managing more resources, the street cred comes from delivering more.

[falloutx]

What a benevolent bossman here, keeping 50% of the jockeys around this quarter. He is probably sacrificing one of his yachts for this.

[thfuran]

He’s keeping some around so he can fire half again next quarter for another bonus. That’s the sort of forward-thinking strategic direction that made him the boss man.

[cppluajs]

So log(N) times the bonus. Very smart boss here.