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		sarabande on Jan 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to reduce workforce by 12k This is good management now, but poor management before now. To paraphrase "Manager Tools": Layoffs are the consequence of management's failing to accurately judge market conditions.

vkou on Jan 20, 2023 [–]

>This is good management now, but poor management before now.

If we weren't heading into a recession, it would have been good management before now.

Hindsight is the only thing that's 20/20.

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