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pyrophire t1_j8eob20 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Twilio to lay off about 1,500 employees, or 17% of its workforce by ChocolateTsar

Because its easier to throw more people at projects, than sort out lower performers.

When theres a want to reduce head count, then they can go look at lower performers and drop them.

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red_dawn t1_j8evjxd wrote

Yep. Many times I saw a ‘Throw bodies at the problem’ band-aid instead of a proper ‘Let’s figure out why this problem is happening and come to a solution’ resolution with deficiencies.

Supports survey metrics tanked due to poor training and documentation or just flat out lazy teammates? Let’s put more bodies on the front line to offset it.

Did that fix it? No. You have more bad surveys because you now have MORE poorly trained people.

Tech debt/bug riddled code? Let’s throw more people at it. Surely more cooks in the kitchen will solve it. Not reviewing the problem and identifying where fixes need to be made.

Customers aren’t buying our software? More salespeople. Nothing to do with throwing everything and the kitchen sink into the initial package or their account teams now blowing them off since they got their commission. Now clients use 10% of the things you sold them and have no need for the other products…but your looking for the next thing to have them cut a check for?

It may be different at other companies but that’s what I saw at the one I was at before moving on.

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