<story><title>Meta and Google are cutting staff</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-and-google-are-cutting-staff-just-dont-mention-layoffs-11663778729</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mandeepj</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;d4QXo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;d4QXo&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Meta and Google are cutting staff</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-and-google-are-cutting-staff-just-dont-mention-layoffs-11663778729</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>o10449366</author><text>The article highlights that the easiest way for these companies to let go of staff right now is to dissolve entire teams. I&amp;#x27;ve heard from friends that work at these companies that recent hiring freezes have actually made managers more hesitant to fire low performers because anyone they fire can&amp;#x27;t be replaced and they&amp;#x27;d rather have a low performer than no one at all. The team dissolving process seems to sidestep this management hesitation to fire.</text></comment>