What a positive way to boost morale, in addition to endless rounds of layoffs adding unnecessary stress and strain to workers who remain and encouraging top talent to find the door. The proper way to do layoffs is deep and once, or be like Apple and don't over-hire.
This. It isn't (positive) leadership. It reminds me of a book Chris Hedges whose author was recently interviewed.[0,1] The worker bees vs. the managers. ICs including tech SWEs/PEs/SEs/EEs at Meta can become managers and a part of this problem, they haven't necessarily drank the Zuck Kool-Aid. Actually, only some (not all) of the senior IC6+ who might become managers are in this camp and not all managers (maybe 5-10%) espouse these beliefs. I'm kinda glad really that I got the ax on the 2nd round in 2023. (I was WFH semi remote. It's funny they tried to interview/rehire me in similar roles, but only for MPK or similar major hubs.)
0. Liu, Catherine. Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class. University of Minnesota Press, 2021. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctv1fkgbjx. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
