It would seem to me that a company who fired subpar performers would have a better reputation than a company that makes record profits and then lays off a few thousand engineers a quarter, and yet...
It would seem to me that a company who fired subpar performers would have a better reputation than a company that makes record profits and then lays off a few thousand engineers a quarter, and yet...
Companies in this category generally give multiple months of severance pay for the same reputational reasons. Cold comfort, of course, to the specific developers who got laid off and would rather have the job. But it effectively signals to the next crop of hires that the company is genuinely committed to their compensation packages.