Hiring to Fire...

Anonymous

June 17,2022 at 6:17PM UTC

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Hiring to Fire... I've heard that companies will hire people knowing that layoffs are looming so that they can fire the new hires instead of their key people. Is there any truth to this, in your experience?

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AnonymousJune 17,2022 at 8:19PM UTC
The only reason why I think a company might do this is to take advantage of the cheaper healthcare costs by being quantified as a large business rather than a small business which is less than 50 employees.
AnonymousJune 17,2022 at 10:34PM UTC
I've never heard of this. The people with tenure general make quite a,bit more than new hires.
genJune 18,2022 at 12:21AM UTC
Haven't heard anything about this either. Check out blind. https://www.teamblind.com/ they have a detailed explanation about layoffs and how it's orchestrated, very interesting.
Courtney MadiseJune 19,2022 at 1:18AM UTC
I'm looking at team blind. There IS some interesting info on layoffs there. I'm glad to hear that "hire to fire" might not be a thing.
AnonymousJune 28,2022 at 2:15AM UTC
Yes