One of my former employers did a big layoff last year -- lots of folks who I remembered as being "important" (long time employees, large contributions, lots of domain knowledge) were let go. Seemed pretty dumb, but the wreckage stumbles forward anyway.
> Seemed pretty dumb, but the wreckage stumbles forward anyway.
the momentum in the org will continue its course, but without those long time employees who have the deep domain knowledge built up over the years, there's no way to steer nor alter course. So it's luck that a company continues on, because this momentum can't do anything else but continue on the current course.
