“You’re Just A Number” — Employees Warn Coworkers Not To “Work Harder” After Layoffs Just To Make Management Look Good

There’s something deeply insulting about hearing “we’ll need everyone to step up” right after half the office gets laid off. Like congratulations, your reward for surviving is now doing Greg’s job, too.

This Reddit post hit a nerve with workers because it basically says the quiet part out loud: if companies cut staff and everything still magically gets done, they’ll just keep cutting more people. Hard to argue with that logic.

1. “For those who survived – do not push yourself to work harder to mitigate the impact of reduced headcount”

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