Dare ObasanjoMar 14, 2023
Just remembered that Apple hasn’t even done one round of layoffs.
Show threadEliot Landrum
@carnage4life Stratechery had a good piece on that in January: “Apple does deserve credit for whatever combination of discipline and employee retention that led them to avoid the 2022 employee glut that affected their competitors”. https://stratechery.com/2023/tech-layoffs-big-techs-hiring-rates-microsofts-vr-layoffs/
Tech Layoffs, Big Tech’s Hiring Rates, Microsoft’s VR Layoffs

Tech’s layoffs are popularly thought to be because of over-hiring during the pandemic, but in fact there isn’t much evidence that tech over-hired based on past rates. Then, Microsoft st…

Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Mar 14, 2023 at 8:36pmWeb