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> the cuts expected this month will be the first to affect tech departments, including engineers, which has surprised employees Huh? The earlier layoffs defini
by podgib 3y ago
> the cuts expected this month will be the first to affect tech departments, including engineers, which has surprised employees
Huh? The earlier layoffs definitely affected tech. I know of a bunch of former colleagues in engineering roles that were laid off in the first round. Sure, recruiting was affected more, which makes sense when hiring was reduced to almost zero, but this is very much not the first time engineers will be included in layoffs.
- phyrex 3y agoYeah that’s nonsense. Last round was about 50% engineering!
- tru3_power 3y agoSeems like typical media bias against FB. Don’t forget- FB was bullying media companies for a while. Now they are getting a chance to strike back.
- AlexandrB 3y agoHuh? How is claiming that Meta hasn't cut any Engineering roles yet bias against Meta? If anything it's painting Meta in a more positive light.
- zuminator 3y agoThe misleading implication is that now suddenly Meta is in panic mode and making unprecedentedly drastic cuts, as opposed to just ratcheting its previous layoff policies.
- ozmodiar 3y agoBack in a previous life in a chemical R&D lab the company did layoffs and claimed to the media that it was all to marketing and administration. In the lab we lost about 50% of our researchers but weren't allowed to talk to anyone about it. I'm guessing companies really want to make it look like layoffs aren't impacting the people responsible for the product, and feed questionable data to that effect.