Sure there are Layoffs, and to a certain degree, yes, that's business.
BUT the frequency and - having just been throuh the experience again in my site - MANNER in which they are carried out are in my opinion not just business.
The frequency smells of poor management vision. It's one thing to have quarterly results driving the business - Cisco is publicly quoted after all - but having that drive the headcount on such a regular basis is a cruel joke,
The manner in which it is done, where someone "names the name", the wait for the axe, then "the cut" is bad enough. Seeing YET AGAIN someone whose role is in fact necessary get the chop, and a re-jig to fill the gap left behind, tells me the "role no longer necessary" lie is still just that.
Why am I still here? They pay me well enough to put up with it, but not enough to be happy about it; job hunt is always ongoing.
I agree completely, @O5SlHSp-uud. We all seem to be under constant stress caused by looming layoffs. If there was some logic to it, I'd understand, but good people who are doing the job that is required for us to function properly have been let go simply to fill the quota. That's lousy management right there.