[mgfist]

Block isn't a jobs program, and employees cost money. Layoffs suck (I got laid off last year) but the reality is that it's a business and regardless of profitability, if you're not worth more than your salary you're a liability. The severance given is quite generous and fair. My biggest issue is that Block should never have grown so big in the first place.

[hiddencost]

I'd encourage anyone wondering where this perspective comes from to read "Capitalist Realism" by Mark Fisher.

[gom_jabbar]

Mark Fisher is excellent. It will be interesting to see if his claim that the human face is required for capitalism's functioning will hold (does not look like it).

[zmjone2992]

yea but layoffs aren't usually very performance based. i agree in general though.