Goldman Sachs found that layoffs now lead to stock price losses. Will the board learn from this?
https://fortune.com/2025/12/25/goldman-sachs-research-ceos-layoffs-stock-price/
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@OP Goldman Sachs lives in the West Wing of the U.S. White House, only plays with other entities’ money, and frequently fails themselves.
@ag The supervisory board will never fire any of the executive board members. The supervisory board already said they only care about money.
@ak - it takes a mere two words/terms to strip the emperor na--d: AEROSPACE & CFO”.
@a6 you just forgot that SAP needs to sell its products to someone to earn money.
If want to SAP to be ALL white then you need to get whole Germany ALL white then you need to find All white countries to buy your products...which doesn't exist, so SAP will get bankrupt and people will forget that you ever existed...
The lies about AI taking jobs and how people were being replaced by AI is nothing more than the emperors new clothes, that secret is out. Modern CEO's and boards operate for themselves, not for the company, employees, or whats best for customers.
They aer all about managing quarter to quarter in order to meet their bonus numbers, nothing more.
@a6 I have to assume you don't work for sap as even we won't hire someone so stupid. If they layoff people in Europe and the us they will just hire them in India or brazil
@bb Any kid that does six seven is more competent.
@ag not sure if supervisory board is any more competent at this point.
@ag so you're saying that we're paying millions in bonuses to people who have no idea how to run a public company but are only copying what other companies are doing at the moment (AI and layoffs)? Color me surprised. I think everyone knew this would happen when they announced Dominic Asam will join SAP. He only left Airbus because they would not go forward with his idea of mass layoffs. He thought 15000 were too low so a job at SAP is his wet dream come true.
I refuse to believe that the executive board is doing this out of malice. Most likely they are doing this out of incompetence. Dominic Asam has never had a better idea in his career than "lay off employees to reduce operating expenses and thus show a better financial picture". Christian Klein wants thinks that 18 million as a bonus last year was too low and he wants more. The other board members want the CEO's job. And Gina Vargiu-Breuer is a diversity candidate added to the executive board to show that they care about women when in fact each and every one of her policies is anti-women and anti-employee. They are just an incompetent lot. So many bright minds and not a single real idea between them besides "we do AI" and "we do layoffs". The problem here is that they are in cahoots with the supervisory board who are letting them get away with it.
You know what I think should happen? The supervisory board should fire the executive board due to incompetence. It is the executive board's job to come up with solutions (besides just layoffs) to improve the company standing and the conditions. However, the supervisory board is trying hard to maximize the executive board bonuses instead.
Layoffs are necessary. They're the only way we can get rid of migrants who are taking our jobs in Europe. Of course there are a few casualties. But that is okay for the greater good. Dominic Asam is my hero as he is committed to getting rid of all migrants in Germany.
Layoffs aren't designed to improve the stock price. They are implemented for two reasons
- Rule with fear as employees cannot organize or resist if they are scared
- Move money from employees to executive board bonuses
They were never about the stock price. They are simply a way for rich people with privilege and money who like to see others suffer.