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   Heather Buchel (hbuchel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 01:26:21 JST Heather Buchel

   I see a lot of folks making the argument that yeah, a lot of layoffs are happening, but it's due to irresponsible hiring. And yeah, it's true that you shouldn't hire a bunch of engineers that aren't doing anything; which usually isn't the case.

   I think people don't understand just how unbelievably BAD the tech grift is right now for people in leadership positions. It's not just that they hired a lot of people, it's that they also tasked them with working on the wrong things.

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     Heather Buchel (hbuchel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 01:28:07 JST Heather Buchel

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     @thomasfuchs THIS. None of them are thinking long term. And, like, intentionally. They are intentionally not thinking long term.

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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 07:37:59 JST Sexy Moon

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     @hbuchel twitter's doing fine without all those people they laid off
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     Heather Buchel (hbuchel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 07:38:01 JST Heather Buchel

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     See also why it generally feels like a lot of "big tech" products suck a LOT right now? Nobody is maintaining. They're all chasing. And they're all trying to do it with less people. I feel like this is true everywhere in tech right now: from big tech backed products even to gaming. Leadership at these places don't want to shore up their teams or existing work.

     Joe Ortiz repeated this.
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     Heather Buchel (hbuchel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 07:38:02 JST Heather Buchel

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     There are so many bright and shinies for those folks to chase. And they're even further detached from building healthy engineering teams. So many of those hires could be put to use. But people don't want to maintain. They want to chase new features. Constantly.

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     Big Head Tales (bigheadtales@mstdn.party)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 08:40:39 JST Big Head Tales

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     @hbuchel
     Big tech and media laid off over 350,000 workers in 2023, not because the companies were losing money on whole.

     These layoffs were entirely to please Wall Street billionaires who demand exorbitant profits and massive employee firing.

     These mass layoffs directly impact customer service, system support, and the quality of service.

     But it makes the billionaires happy.

     #Enshitification