I am not fan of managers, but these are people with families behind them. 1,700 is a lot of families that may go into stress and who knows what. Let's just now talk about them as if they were just rows in a database.

(I am not saying OP is talking like that about them, but I am seeing some responses that do...)

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cm2012 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

These guys are going to get huge severance packages.

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npstr 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sorry, but the empathy is misplaced. These people working bullshit jobs are dragging down the whole organization. If bullshit jobs are allowed to proliferate, they risk the even larger number of jobs (and families) of the people doing the actual work.

	▲	101008 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Even if what you are saying it's true (which is hard to prove), that may not be their fault either. Sometimes the context doesn't allow you to do what you want, what you think it's best, etc. You would say "Resign and find somewhere where you could", and that isn't easy either. So again, please let's try to be more empathic, we are not talking about terrorist or really bad guys. These are employees of companies, with familires, who probably need those salaries to live in these weird times.
	▲	lelanthran 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Sure, but mass layoffs do not necessarily mean that they are laying off the people not doing anything.
	▲	gosub100 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's not a foregone conclusion that they are bullshit jobs. What's likely to happen is that work or risk management will now be foisted on other staff that will not receive extra compensation for handling or will get marked down or dismissed for not completing.