While I'm willing to admit that layoffs were necessary and the whole process was handled decently, I still think some of the wrong people were cut. A couple of engineers I know who were laid off were among our best. This makes me think that the decision on who to lay off was made by pencil pushers and number crunchers instead of managers who know their people the best. That's a big mistake, IMHO.
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I just checked the 23 yrs old PM @ Melo and she still in the address book :)
The best engineers might have strong arm'd facebook in good times. Maybe they have become more liability than asset. You dont know the back story for each of these people
it's facebook, nobody cares.
The problem is that the best engineers are not necessarily working on some useful project. Also, I know many who are just punching their time cards making $600k a year doing almost nothing. They too know it and admit it. They should have moved on to more useful tasks, but decided to park their as--s and relax.
Everyone knows that there's a ton of useless projects, legacy tools, old stuff being maintained that no one wants or uses, etc that needs to be culled.