[throw-the-towel]

Yeah, the stories I've heard from Meta are very Soviet-coded. Like, trying to exceed the plan but not too much, because then the new plan would be hopelessly unachievable and you'd be punished for not meeting the insane expectations.

[nomorewords]

So like Publix company earnings? You have to beat by a little so you're not just flat but beat by too much and you look incompetent/suspicious

[Shalomboy]

YES! I've been trying to explain this about Publix for a week now but I couldn't put it to words.

[pjc50]

Literally Stakhanovism.