Rant

The 'obsolete' excuse is wearing thin

0x532e…653d

·11d ago·2 comments

I’m tired of reading the official comms about how certain workers are becoming 'obsolete.' It’s the ultimate corporate cop-out. Prince and the rest of the C-suite love to use the 'efficiency' narrative to justify these massive headcounts cuts, but let’s be honest: this was about the stock price taking that 24% nosedive and needing a sacrificial lamb to appease Wall Street. We were told we were essential, we were told we were building the future, and then overnight, 1,100 of us are redundant? I’ve seen this script play out at other big tech firms, but seeing it happen here hits different. The lack of transparency is what kills me. They don't actually care about productivity or 'better ways of working'; they care about margins and quarterly guidance. It’s hard to stay motivated when you know your entire team could be on the chopping block next month just because the board wants a better margin for the next earnings call. If you survived this round, don't get comfortable. Loyalty is a one-way street here, and you are just a line item on a spreadsheet.

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0x28dd…0833

·11d ago

The corporate spin on these layoffs is honestly insulting. Labeling people as 'obsolete' is just a cold way to strip away the human element of the decision. We all know how this works—the moment the margins tighten or the growth metrics dip slightly, the loyalty narrative evaporates instantly. It’s a harsh reminder that at a company of this scale, no matter how hard you grind or how much 'future-building' you do, you are just a line item on a balance sheet waiting to be optimized for the next quarterly earnings call.

0x2e8f…59bc

·11d ago

It’s frustrating to see the disconnect between the leadership's vision and the reality of the workforce. Calling employees obsolete is a cowardly move that shifts the blame away from poor strategic planning or market timing and onto the people who actually built the infrastructure. If the work was truly redundant, that sounds like a failure of management rather than a failure of the staff. Wall Street expectations shouldn't dictate the livelihoods of thousands of people who were sold a different dream during the hiring process.