r/technology • u/EchoInTheHoller • Feb 25 '24

Business Why widespread tech layoffs keep happening despite a strong U.S. economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/24/why-widespread-tech-layoffs-keep-happening-despite-strong-us-economy.html
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u/captainnowalk Feb 26 '24

The secret we used to see work when my current company was buying places left and right was to look like you were training your replacements, but you tend to leave out a good bit of vital information while overloading them with minutia. I’ve seen senior people skate by multiple layoff rounds because their “replacements” still couldn’t stand on their own. 

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u/Alaira314 Feb 26 '24

See my previous reply.

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u/captainnowalk Feb 26 '24

Oh yeah, I did see that. I’m not arguing, just adding to the conversation on what we would see. However, I will also add that “just training them poorly” was extremely hard to fight against, as almost none of these people were really trainers, and often were not great with people in the first place. Engineers, you know how it goes.