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Easy way to accelerate attrition (and thus, headcount reduction) without announcing layoffs.
by tirrellp 4y ago
Easy way to accelerate attrition (and thus, headcount reduction) without announcing layoffs.
- LordKeren 4y agoEasy way to kick start the Dead Sea effect and significantly reduce the amount of applicants to backfill https://medium.com/geekculture/the-dead-sea-effect-d71df13724f8 https://medium.com/geekculture/the-dead-sea-effect-d71df1372...
- robotsquidward 4y agoExactly. I would rather be laid off with severance rather than be forced into the choice to be be offered a 100% on-site job across the country or quit. Cruel.
- pinewurst 4y agoIn either a place with an order of magnitude higher cost of living or an order of magnitude lower quality of life, too.
- tmpz22 4y agoExcept your best talent may have access to the most opportunities
- eikenberry 4y agoLarge enterprises don't recognize or even want "best talent"... they want replaceable resources that can be reorg'd with little thought.
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoTrue. Walmart puts up a quote in their store breakrooms that goes something like "Don't be creative, follow the procedures". While that's aimed at retail workers, not the people in tech centers, it was interesting to see actually turned into a poster with Sam Walton's face on it. Suspect that it permeates the culture of the company.
- cmsonger 4y agoI think this is what's going on too. Easy way to have folks self select out.
- Yhippa 4y agoIt's a weird way of doing it though, right? This will surely push away your better workers who have options. You're going to be left with the worse employees who have no other options.
- Aeolun 4y agoI’m not sure a company like wallmart sees anything other than headcount. The effects will only be seen 5-10 years down the line when all their systems will have turned into a morass of madness