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> so you'll be amazed how often RIFs are telegraphed to anyone who's paying attention

Indeed.

In this Mid-cap company that I mentioned, I used to participate in the earnings call; and the difference in tone and posture of our CFO and CEO with investors and with us employees were abysmal.

The scenario was: during 8 months the company went from U$ 160B to U$ 11B.

With us employees in the all-hands was all positivity, mental health tips, a bump in the road, keep pushing for the objectives, and even a Christmas dinner.

During the earning calls, promises of cutting costs, flattening, hiring freeze, and institutional investors openly calling for layoffs.

2.5 months later first round of layoffs, months later a goal to reduce 25% costs in GCP, and after 2 months another round of layoffs and RTO of 4 days a week.



I always thought of it as:

If you stretch the trust on all-hands, there are no penalties.

If you stretch the truth on an earnings call, the SEC and your investors sue you.




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