[tamimio]

>it was a hard decision

It wasn’t, I bet executives were laughing reading that

[xnx]

Getting rid of headcount was probably an easy choice, but picking how many and who stays can still be hard.

[goatking]

I am pretty sure they opened their excel sheet, ordered the employees by salary, and got rid of the highest paid 10% of each department. Or the lowest performing 10% based on a score in the excel.

They are just numbers to them

[xnx]

Maybe, more likely in my experience is that each manager solely selects for most obedient and flattering managees.

[tamimio]

Pretty much, if you have a spine (even a scoliosis spine), you are out.