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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, that's nothing new, it's at least been a thing for the last 20 years I've been working.

Best use of that I've seen was a manager that always pushed to get new headcount, and then never wanted to fill it. Because the company counted cancelling unfilled positions toward a departments required layoff requirements, so several layoff rounds spared every actual employee in his department.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That works until the company re-evaluates how many people that team needs...

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It probably contributed to them kicking him out of management one day.