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From: John McCue <jmccue@qball.jmcunx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Meta lays-off ``low performers''
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:17:53 -0000 (UTC)
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Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
> Meta laid off 5% of its workforce, calling them ?low performers.?
<snip>

> As he wrote on LinkedIn, his five-year history with the
> company included several ?exceeds expectations? ratings and
> a promotion.
<snip>

Seems to me they are taking a page from the IBM playbook.
I suspect the people being paid a lot and/or over 40.  With
the Trump Administration, we know there will be more of
these firings because discrimination of all kinds is now
fully legal.  So, Companies can fire people all people over
a certain age or race without worrying about consequences.

> 
> Source:
> <https://www.fastcompany.com/91276893/meta-laid-off-low-performers-defend-themselves-on-linkedin-and-reddit>

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