Why “headcount” is being discussed
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Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue correction?
by sky2224 · Oct 31, 2026 · 6 points
I think Microsoft laying off 60,000 people was going to happen regardless of this AI boom or even the economy being in the absolute shitter it's in right now. When the economy w…
by sky2224 · Oct 31, 2026
Let's put it this way - I don't think you could run a Fortune 500 company with 2-3 engineers. I do think there's still a role for "Non-Functional Software Engineers" who are hir…
by solatic · Oct 31, 2026
The minutes[1] show there were only 35 voters making those 21 votes. I know it's only a budget amendment, but that's an exceptionally low headcount to be a quorum for anything.…
by jamie_ca · Oct 31, 2026
I think you may be conflating two different arguments. I'm not disputing productivity improvements can lead to smaller teams, particularly in a shareholder-driven org; that's a…
by garciasn · Oct 30, 2026
Was it a conscious or unconscious decision to reply to a chain with an argument of "headcount is obviously reducing" with "I don't need headcount to grow to be happy" without ad…
by soniclettuce · Oct 30, 2026
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