, Columnist
Tech CEOs Will Pay a Harsh Price for These Job Cuts
In the knowledge economy, callous treatment of retrenched workers will be remembered by the people they need to keep stoking the fires of innovation.
On the career ladder.
Source: Bloomberg
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It’s hard to feel sorry for Silicon Valley tech workers. From high salaries and generous stock options to nap pods and unlimited time off, they’re among the most privileged class of employees in the world. Conversely, there’s no denying that these pampered staffers engineered a technology revolution that’s brought untold economic and social value to the entire planet.
Yet there is a category of people who may lament the coldhearted approach to workforce cuts that have torn through the sector over the past few months: The CEOs who fired them.