• sighofannoyance@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      layoffs would not be the bellwether for that.

      I guess we can at least agree, that even if a company doing lay offs isn’t necessarily going belly up, a company that is going belly up is probably doing some lay offs along the way.

      However going beyond the point we agree over… what if a lay off sets in motion a series of chain reactions:

      • reduced investor/shareholder confidence -> possibly stock/company-value tanking -> -> leading to issues with the lowered valuation and their debt, worse credit rating(?)
      • destroyed worker moral -> the best workers are more likely to leave, workers who remain having to shoulder their burden
      • less team members have to shoulder much more work (usually for the same pay)

      I am sure there are other factors and maybe some of those three above are not a factor at all…