Regardless of your expectations (I'm not criticizing them), that is just not how it works at most American companies. Especially not for your manager.
replyYou're right. They'd prefer to fire 7% of their team that did nothing wrong instead.
replyDid Anthropic announce layoffs that I missed?
replyThey will by next year.
replyI would expect someone would be critiqued to avoid it re-occurring and the persons money to be refunded. A company which fires so trivially will quickly flush institutional knowledge and team cohesion along with eating substantial recruitment costs.
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replyThis is not how any engineering workplace anywhere operates.
replyThere are more software engineers outside the first-world than there are within.
replyThis is not how any engineering workplace anywhere operates.
replyAnywhere inside your bubble. The world is a big place.