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why did you fire everyone?

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If I was being hired at a senior level in a place with a recent experience of layoffs, I’d ask them to share (high level) agency financials with me and get a long severance added to the negotiating package.

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I think the question that I’d ask would be directed to myself in a mirror: Why am I here?

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Was it "layoffs" or was it "getting rid of under-performers/a$$holes/fat, to be replaced by better, harder-working, more talented people"?

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Ok McKinsey

If the place you are interviewing at had those layoffs in May, it was underperformers

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