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Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

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Re: Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

#11
What's interesting is they've had a lot of leaks...a leak like this comes from someone high up so that's a problem they need to fix. Moments leaks, Jack as CEO leaked...big old bucket there.

If it's actually engineering I'm sure they'll all have jobs in a week but it's still hard to find talent so why wouldn't they just move people around?

Re: Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

#12

What's interesting is they've had a lot of leaks...a leak like this comes from someone high up so that's a problem they need to fix. Moments leaks, Jack as CEO leaked...big old bucket there. If it's actually engineering I'm sure they'll all have jobs in a week but it's still hard to find talent so why wouldn't they just move people around?

"a leak like this comes from someone high up..."

Not necessarily. This information could have come from some low-level employee who happened to overhear a conversation between two managers.

The CEO and his inner circle of executives can't just lay off hundreds of employees on their own. They need to involve lots of lower-level managers in this planning, since upper management generally has no idea what each employee is doing and how essential they are to the company. So they ask each of their direct reports to make a list. And once dozens of people know that layoffs are coming, it's difficult to keep it a secret.

Re: Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

#13
Couldn't help notice this is currently #85 on my HN front page with 58 points in 5 hours … at #16 is something with 22 points in 6 hours … wondering if it's a bug, or some kind of penalty box for this story.

see image, nos. 76 and 81 also seem odd to rank higher - http://imgur.com/gNXJsoy

Re: Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

#14

Couldn't help notice this is currently #85 on my HN front page with 58 points in 5 hours … at #16 is something with 22 points in 6 hours … wondering if it's a bug, or some kind of penalty box for this story. see image, nos. 76 and 81 also seem odd to rank higher - http://imgur.com/gNXJsoy

Ranking on HN isn't purely votes and time, but includes user flags, flame detection, and probably some other stuff.

Re: Twitter Plans Company Wide Layoffs Next Week

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post #14

Couldn't help notice this is currently #85 on my HN front page with 58 points in 5 hours … at #16 is something with 22 points in 6 hours … wondering if it's a bug, or some kind of penalty box for this story. see image, nos. 76 and 81 also seem odd to rank higher - http://imgur.com/gNXJsoy

Ranking on HN isn't purely votes and time, but includes user flags, flame detection, and probably some other stuff.

got it, maybe those Re/code guys were spamming or something…

interesting because their earlier version of the story has a lot more mentions in my Twitter timeline than the Times story, which was later and has more background.

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