Tech Companies Continue Layoffs, Targeting Managerial Roles
A report highlights ongoing staff layoffs across major tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Coinbase, with a particular focus on reducing managerial positions and favoring 'player-coaches' who also perform individual contributor work.
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Sean Anthony Eddy/Getty Images Coinbase and other tech companies want fewer managers — and ones who can act as "player-coaches." Managers who don't do any individual contributor work are especially vulnerable. Those who survive layoffs are being tasked with overseeing AI agents — and more workers. Managers who don't produce are becoming expendable. As tech layoffs roll on and org charts flatten, some industry leaders are sending them a sharp directive: Keep tabs on your reports, but be sure...
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