In an email to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said more than 1,000 of the layoffs were employees that were not meeting the company’s elevated expectations.
Seems cold to disclose something like that in writing when it’s inevitably going to be leaked externally.
Now anyone hiring from that cohort is going to know a decent number were terminated for performance reasons, and even those who were lost jobs from regular restructuring will be caught up in it.
Would have been better for everyone to keep it vague.
Pretty much every layoff, including restructurings, are likely to select for the underperforming individuals. No additional signal really. Usually it is sugared over to pamper people's feelings.
I’ve known plenty of very good workers that had a layoff in their resume.
Anyone who thinks that a layoff is a reflection on a worker just hasn’t been around corporations long enough. Even if the c-suite says it is performance related.
It's corporate BS to blame the victim, the employees. Suddenly create new, surprise, unrealistic expectations proving the existing performance review process was also bullshit and not based on fair, consistent, objective merit. Trust lost for everyone staying and everyone going. They didn't do themselves any favors.
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Seems cold to disclose something like that in writing when it’s inevitably going to be leaked externally.
Now anyone hiring from that cohort is going to know a decent number were terminated for performance reasons, and even those who were lost jobs from regular restructuring will be caught up in it.
Would have been better for everyone to keep it vague.
Pretty much every layoff, including restructurings, are likely to select for the underperforming individuals. No additional signal really. Usually it is sugared over to pamper people's feelings.
Lay off priorities: bad manager feedback > visa holders > performance > bad peer feedback
I’ve known plenty of very good workers that had a layoff in their resume.
Anyone who thinks that a layoff is a reflection on a worker just hasn’t been around corporations long enough. Even if the c-suite says it is performance related.
Indeed, it seems the calculated coldness of the carefully chosen phrasing was precisely the point.
It's corporate BS to blame the victim, the employees. Suddenly create new, surprise, unrealistic expectations proving the existing performance review process was also bullshit and not based on fair, consistent, objective merit. Trust lost for everyone staying and everyone going. They didn't do themselves any favors.