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WSJ has a piece on it. A third of the talent team, which affects fewer than 100. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-lays-off-third-of-talent-team-11657227105
by Hates_ 4y ago
WSJ has a piece on it. A third of the talent team, which affects fewer than 100. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-lays-off-third-of-talent-team-11657227105 https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-lays-off-third-of-talen...
- honkdaddy 4y agoSlightly controversial, but I think most companies could cut the fat from their talent team by 30% and their hiring pipeline would not change. I’ve seen firsthand how a lot of recruiters operate and it’s remarkable how inefficient they can be.
- itslennysfault 4y agomakes sense. They've been in a hiring freeze for a while now. Not much sense paying recruiters to sit on their hands I guess.
- coffeeblack 4y agoAlso, they need to remove the ideologists there first, if they want to be able to replace the ideologists in other positions.
- rurp 4y agoIs there any evidence these layoffs are targeted at "ideologists"?
- mkr-hn 4y agoI've never encountered someone in tech who didn't have some kind of ideology. What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off?
- lampshades 4y ago> What is particularly troubling to you about the ideology of the people laid off? If I were a shareholder I'd say that it isn't compatible with capitalism and I feel that would be a sufficient answer.
- mkr-hn 4y agoWhat is "it"? As in the ideology, both what it is and what about it is troubling. You didn't answer the question.
- lampshades 4y agoYou know exactly what "it" is.
- mkr-hn 4y agoYou must be one of those folks who struggles to understand other people have a different experience, different priorities, and different knowledge and that you have to actually communicate the thing in your brain if you want other people to know it. I understand, but I really have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not tapped into the Twitter meta.
- lampshades 4y agoIdeologist compared to what? A normal person or a Twitter employee? I imagine pretty much every employee at Twitter is an ideologue because I have doubts that a non-ideologue would be able to stomach working there.
- dmix 4y agoExplains why this is being posted on Linkedin like it's a blog.