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Is the 'efficiency' strategy actually working for anyone?

0x149a…8b27

·31d ago·2 comments

Serious question: does anyone here actually feel like the company is more efficient after these rolling layoffs? We’ve cut 9% earlier this year, then smaller groups here and there, and now another 90 people in Michigan. Every single time, the email from leadership talks about ‘streamlining operations’ and ‘focusing on growth,’ but the workload is just becoming unmanageable for those of us left behind. My team is currently doing the jobs of three people. We’re losing institutional knowledge with every round of departures, and the remaining projects are suffering because we’re all just burned out and constantly looking over our shoulders. It feels like we’re just managing decline at this point rather than actually building anything new for the platform. If the goal was to improve margins, sure, it looks good on a spreadsheet for the shareholders, but the actual product quality is tanking. How long can they keep slicing the workforce before things stop functioning entirely? I’m exhausted.

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0x7036…5650

·31d ago

It is the same old story every single quarter. They chop the workforce to make the balance sheet look pretty for the shareholders, but they never actually account for the massive productivity dip that follows. When you lose the people who hold all the tribal knowledge, projects stall and technical debt starts piling up. You aren't imagining things; this ‘efficiency’ is just a slow-motion burn out for everyone still in their seats.

0x532e…653d

·31d ago

I have been watching the stock performance and the internal sentiment for years now, and it is a classic case of managed decline. They call it streamlining, but it really just means they are trading long-term stability for short-term profit margins. It is frustrating to see them gut the departments that actually keep the platform running. Eventually, the cracks will show to the customers, and no amount of corporate-speak about growth will be able to hide the lack of support.