Re: Meta lays-off ``low performers''

Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

Meta laid off 5% of its workforce, calling them ?low performers.?

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

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 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.