Zuckerberg Says Meta to Cut Some Middle-Management Layers (bloomberg.com) 31 points by amrrs 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] mhoad 3y ago ↗ Meta also announced a $40B stock buy back this week. These excuses about needing to save costs reek of bullshit.https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/02/01/facebook-parent-meta-ann... [–] ilostmyshoes 3y ago ↗ Save costs to protect profits [–] GenerocUsername 3y ago ↗ No, haven't you heard, it is every companies responsibility to invent bullshit work to sustain as many layers of unnecessary employees as possible. [–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ This is a natural progression balanced by layoffs, for whatever reason.The idea that irks the Marxist in me is that middle managers might sometimes be exempt from layoffs due to their class. No idea if that happens, though.
[–] ilostmyshoes 3y ago ↗ Save costs to protect profits [–] GenerocUsername 3y ago ↗ No, haven't you heard, it is every companies responsibility to invent bullshit work to sustain as many layers of unnecessary employees as possible. [–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ This is a natural progression balanced by layoffs, for whatever reason.The idea that irks the Marxist in me is that middle managers might sometimes be exempt from layoffs due to their class. No idea if that happens, though.
[–] GenerocUsername 3y ago ↗ No, haven't you heard, it is every companies responsibility to invent bullshit work to sustain as many layers of unnecessary employees as possible. [–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ This is a natural progression balanced by layoffs, for whatever reason.The idea that irks the Marxist in me is that middle managers might sometimes be exempt from layoffs due to their class. No idea if that happens, though.
[–] MathMonkeyMan 3y ago ↗ This is a natural progression balanced by layoffs, for whatever reason.The idea that irks the Marxist in me is that middle managers might sometimes be exempt from layoffs due to their class. No idea if that happens, though.
[–] deterministic 3y ago ↗ Removing a layer of middle-managers will almost guaranteed improve the performance of any company.
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The idea that irks the Marxist in me is that middle managers might sometimes be exempt from layoffs due to their class. No idea if that happens, though.