Wow, his statement sure sounds like a threat to current employees.
Comment on Cisco layoffs after record revenue report
Assassassin@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
“I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now. I don’t want to get rid of engineers,” Robbins said. “I just want our engineers we have today to innovate faster and be more productive and that gives us a competitive advantage.”
Go fuck yourself. 8% growth and billions of dollars in profit isn’t enough for these inhuman CEOs. They deserve the Thompson treatment.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Assassassin@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yeah, it’s both a thinly veiled threat and an admission that even single digit growth is unacceptable. Late stage capitalism is absolutely moronic.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Good luck with innovation when your engineers’ morale is in the shitter. I honestly don’t even believe they want to innovate. They probably want to coast off name recognition and what they have for a while and see how long it takes before they start losing ground. The problem with this is it almost always comes back to kick them in the ass. Here is hoping for just that. Besides screw Cisco, I’ve only worked for companies that hate them and use everything else that gets the job done just as good for a fraction of the cost and way easier to set up.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
I honestly thought that your quote was some sort of satyre. Yeah duh, people having more output gives a competitive advantgae
Now how to make them innovate faster and be more productive. 4-day week might be a start.