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Year-end 'restructuring' is becoming a bad habit

0x28dd…0833

·8d ago·2 comments

Is it just me, or does it feel like MSI is leaning harder into these smaller, rolling layoffs rather than doing one big reset? It’s death by a thousand cuts. With another 80 people gone this week, the remaining teams are going to be spread even thinner going into Q1. I’m already drowning in tickets and scope creep, and now I’m wondering who is going to be left to pick up the slack when the 'restructuring' hits my department. They keep pushing this narrative that we are a mission-critical, stable tech giant, but the constant uncertainty makes it impossible to focus on long-term projects. I’m genuinely tired of looking over my shoulder every time a calendar invite for a 'team sync' pops up on a Tuesday morning. Anyone else feeling like the culture has shifted toward pure attrition lately?

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0x7371…407f

·8d ago

It is definitely starting to feel like a calculated strategy rather than a reactive measure. By trickling these layoffs out every quarter, management avoids the massive media backlash that comes with a single large-scale event, but the morale impact is actually worse. Living in constant fear of the next 'restructuring' announcement makes it impossible to focus on long-term projects. They talk about efficiency, but all this churn is just killing our productivity and institutional knowledge. I feel for anyone waiting for the other shoe to drop in their department.

0x52c1…6a4f

·8d ago

Stop waiting for things to get better or for the leadership to change their approach. Motorola has made it clear that their priority is protecting margins through constant downsizing, regardless of how many tickets or projects we have to juggle. If you are already drowning in scope creep, that is not going to change just because people are leaving. At this point, the best thing you can do is polish your resume and look for a place that values stability over these endless, demoralizing cuts. Don't go down with a ship that clearly doesn't care if you're on board.