The Verge reported that CEO Sundar Pichai defended the layoffs and claimed that workers sometimes reach out to express gratitude for the cuts. “And I just want to clarify that, through these changes, people feel it on the ground and sometimes people write back and say, ‘Thank you for simplifying.’ Sometimes we have a complicated, duplicative structure,” he said, per the Verge.
We had a coworker that got fired a while back, man that was a relief for the entire department. That person was absolutely toxic to work with, or even near.
That is different than for layoffs, which generally is less about rooting out toxic people and more about lowering costs. And people know it usually.
That said, anyone causing trouble for management or viewed as not pulling their weight will be the first on the list since management won’t have to justify firing them.
That’s true, but if you had some 5–10% of co-workers so toxic that everyone was relieved to have them fired, things do look grim for your company in terms of morale
Chalmers: People send thank you’s for lay offs?
Pichai: Yes.
Chalmers: May I see one?
Pichai: No.
I’m guessing it’s not your rank-and-file type “people”.
Managers from unaffected departments who are glad they have less internal competition. And that’s pretty much it.
Certainly only certain people have email addresses that can even send to his inbox. Everyone else would be blocked.
“This is a conversation I could imagine happening if I spoke to my employees directly, and that’s as good as an actual conversation.”
Expect this from corporate and political types alike.
Yeah that whole line smells like pure bullshit. I’ve never seen anyone be grateful for having their coworkers laid off.
We had a coworker that got fired a while back, man that was a relief for the entire department. That person was absolutely toxic to work with, or even near.
That is different than for layoffs, which generally is less about rooting out toxic people and more about lowering costs. And people know it usually.
That said, anyone causing trouble for management or viewed as not pulling their weight will be the first on the list since management won’t have to justify firing them.
That’s true, but if you had some 5–10% of co-workers so toxic that everyone was relieved to have them fired, things do look grim for your company in terms of morale
“a lot of people are saying” = the voices in my head are telling me
No mother it’s just the simplification