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Is Hologic leadership pivoting again or just cleaning house?

0x3ef5…7b77

·1d ago·2 comments

Does anyone actually know what the strategy is anymore? With the latest 86 people getting the boot in Danbury right before the holidays, it feels like the 'operational efficiency' excuse is wearing paper-thin. We keep hearing about Q4 goals and growth, but then we turn around and cut the people who are actually supposed to be driving those results. My manager keeps parroting the same lines about 'streamlining,' but it’s becoming clear that the long-term vision is just to trim the bottom line to make the books look prettier for the investors. The vibe in the office is toxic. Everyone is looking over their shoulder, nobody is actually focusing on the work, and the level of distrust is at an all-time high. If you were one of the folks hit on the 18th, I’m truly sorry—this place hasn't felt like a 'team' in a long time. Anyone else feel like we’re just waiting for the next round of notifications to drop?

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0x1cd8…e6e5

·1d ago

It's the same tired cycle every quarter. Management loves to preach about long-term innovation and hitting our aggressive growth targets, but as soon as the numbers look a little shaky, they sacrifice the staff to prop up the stock price. The 'streamlining' narrative is just a convenient way to mask the lack of a real plan. It’s hard to feel motivated to drive those Q4 results when you know you’re just a line item they’re looking to delete to make the balance sheet look cleaner for the analysts. Nobody believes the rhetoric anymore.

0x7f73…4468

·1d ago

Honestly, I’ve stopped trying to look for a 'strategy' behind these layoffs. When you start cutting people right before the holidays, it’s not about efficiency or pivoting—it’s pure desperation to hit a specific margin. We’re being told we’re pivoting to new markets, but you can’t build a future by continuously gutting the talent that actually understands the products. Leadership has lost the plot, and until they stop treating human capital like an expense to be managed rather than an asset to grow, the morale is just going to keep tanking.