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0 pointszerkten3y ago0 comments

Does the management, or the quantitative performance of the company, agree with you here? I'm somewhat dubious given how frequently this occurs, but ideally I think you'd want some really long-term study that looks at both the layoff(s), attrition, and later progress (or growth if it occurs).

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marcosdumay3y ago

You want to know if companies stop growing for a decade or so after a mass-layoff?

If so, yes, they do. But it's incredibly hard to decide on causality there, because companies are only expected to do mass-layoffs when the management believes it can't grow anymore.

CountSessine3y ago

I'd bet that this is the difference between having good middle managers and not. If you have confidence in your directors and middle managers, you can target the C players. If not, then you can't and you'll wind up shedding B players anyways.

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marcosdumay3y ago

You want to know if companies stop growing for a decade or so after a mass-layoff?

If so, yes, they do. But it's incredibly hard to decide on causality there, because companies are only expected to do mass-layoffs when the management believes it can't grow anymore.

CountSessine3y ago

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