Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?::undefined

  • Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Because they all hired way too many people right after the pandemic and are just realizing they fucked up.

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      10 months ago

      That’s not what the article says. The article is saying that was true last year that the hiring spree was over optimistic and needed correction. Now that is not the case, but there’s a weird knock on effect where the market has rewarded this behavior companies keep tightening to continue being rewarded. And there’s a heard mentality where if company A gets rewarded by the market for layoffs, company B faces scrutiny from major shareholders not to do the same.

      I think the initial correction of layoffs kind of made sense a year ago, but this article makes me think there is something not cool happening as it keeps continuing.