In many countries proving someone is a low performer is a high bar. They certainly can't dump 10% of their workforce without a justification like restructuring or downsizing, something a company wouldn't go through just to replace some people. A fake restructuring might hurt the business even more than some lower performing employees. And if a company does go through this phase, legally it can't just turn around and upsize by hiring other people the next day (not that this would guarantee they end up in a better position than before).
Such a crisis is a good moment to slim down the workforce since it is a legitimate restructuring and it avoids any image harm. and it's not just low performers that suffer sometimes. An average performer might get caught in the net if the pay/performance ratio is not good. Many good performers also do just because the area they worked in is not deemed profitable or necessary anymore.
Such a crisis is a good moment to slim down the workforce since it is a legitimate restructuring and it avoids any image harm. and it's not just low performers that suffer sometimes. An average performer might get caught in the net if the pay/performance ratio is not good. Many good performers also do just because the area they worked in is not deemed profitable or necessary anymore.