It's so weird to post the first thing that feels like a thought, just to carry water for CEOs who are never going to see you write this, and will never like you, without getting paid for it. 1300s feudal serfdom mindset. And it's everywhere.

If you're continuing to hire past these layoffs, and expanding plans to do so, it's to take advantage of the environment created by the layoffs. If there really was a fiscal crisis you'd also see mass hiring freezes, but we're not seeing that.

> “We expect to end 2023 as either roughly the same size or even a slightly smaller organization than we are today,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/41-of-companies-pla...

>just to carry water for CEOs who are never going to see you write this, and will never like you

I like my CEO, but it doesn't bother me if he doesn't know about me. He has much more important stuff to think about.

>without getting paid for it.

I don't care about money. I join companies to have fun working on their projects.

>you'd also see mass hiring freezes

Hiring has slowed down. Large companies are always going to want new people.

>“We expect to end 2023 as either roughly the same size or even a slightly smaller organization than we are today,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta's employee count has typically grown over 20% every year. This was also said before the layoffs were public knowledge.