Fast forward a few weeks and we had the data to show productivity actually went up by a full 8 hours/week. We allocated huge budget to ramp up hiring in orgs seeing a big increase in demand for services. We had great pandemic response team and good communication with health departments worldwide.

There were multiple leaks on Reddit (which is where I got the early wind of these planned industry wide layoffs) where hedge fund employees and staff were talking about dumping as high as 300-500K tech employees over year to put serious pressure on wage growth.

This last part is where I have heavily retracted my story. I wish I could tell you how little some senior leaders care about their employees. I wish I could show you the pictures of the partying.

More and more proof that loyalty is dead, and that companies killed it.