'The act of over-hiring to then do layoffs is a horrible practice and a bad experience for employees.'
  • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    182·
    2 years ago

    I get that point but you can also do short term contracts. As long as the employee is well aware of the length and consents to it I don’t see the down side.

    • Webster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      He mentions looking into contractors which is basically exactly this. Going through a 3rd party can make that process easier for short term needs, which is what he is saying the current situation might be.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    It’s a really bad idea to try to hire at this point to try to remedy a scaling issue. They are likely already low on resources dealing with the problems, having to try to onboard someone at this point will make the problem worse - see Brooks’ Law from The Mythical Man-Month.