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		folkrav on Jan 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff Are you implying 100000+ people getting laid off in a handful of months merely is about weeding off "underperformers"?

f6v on Jan 27, 2023 [–]

No, I’m saying that not laying anyone off ever isn’t a good idea.

folkrav on Jan 27, 2023 | [–]

Termination and layoff are two very different things. You typically don't layoff people for incompetence, you fire them.

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