Thread regarding ViaSat Inc. layoffs

Viasat sold its soul to pay McKinsey

Viasat employs those slippery eels over at McKinsey for a few things, such as providing fluffed extrapolations as to business opportunity, to green light internal pet projects. And to chainsaw the org down nice and tidy to carve a path to positive cash flow, so that Viasat can continue to afford to pay for McKinsey's services.

If you are interested in a primer on how this all works, John Oliver will break down for you: https://youtu.be/AiOUojVd6xQ?si=7K-mSUbeJt7HZ1t5

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Post ID: @OP+1poRwetg

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Anyone who comes here to troll people that lost their jobs needs to get their head examined. You are a true a-hole.

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Post ID: @rhn+1poRwetg

Go on… who were the consulting firms and what was their advice?

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Post ID: @uch+1poRwetg

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Post ID: @sjt+1poRwetg

McKinsey wasn't involved in this. Other consulting firms, yes.

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Post ID: @sbx+1poRwetg

yawn to this… “ aT lEaSt SoMe Of Us StIlL have our jobs yada yada”… anyway yeah will definitely check out the John Oliver segment tonight, thanks for the reference!

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Post ID: @zfw+1poRwetg

At least some of us are productive and still have our jobs. Some of us are essential and will be the last to get cut because without us nothing would even function here.

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Post ID: @sdl+1poRwetg

The illiterate person accusing another of being a "sore looser" seems to be a troll for hire. Keep up the good work, we're all in this together.

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Post ID: @uxt+1poRwetg

Dear Mr. “ You sound like a sore looser that is just mad he wasn’t for for the job no more.”, you are drunk. Time to go sleep it off.

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Post ID: @zhu+1poRwetg

I can personally attest to this. I worked with McKinsey on estimating the impact of a new initiative at Viasat and McKinsey wildly overestimated the project’s potential, which directly led to layoffs for the team when the project didn’t pan out. McKinsey was paid around $1M for their work on that project alone.

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Post ID: @nvy+1poRwetg

You sound like a sore looser that is just mad he wasn’t for for the job no more. All these old timers need to get going to the nursing home. This is necessity to keep the company going. 90% of the employees still have their job. It’s with it to cut the 10% of unproductive people who don’t really do any work. Keep crying, you won’t be missed.

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