u/dak78 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
[https://layoffs.fyi/](https://layoffs.fyi/) ​ You mean it was worse? The holidays of late 2022 entering Jan 2023 were the worst period. 2022 - late 2022 was cataclysmic as evidenced by raw data.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
[Layoffs.fyi](https://Layoffs.fyi) doesn't capture everything.
First SWEs versus non-SWE.
Second, layoffs for layoff reasons versus performance removals wrapped into layoffs. Performance removals were backfilled, real layoffs weren't
And third, big companies move slowly, so it's a rollercoaster ride.
For example, there was a small bump in Jan/Feb 2023 from layoff backfilling, for those performance based cuts within the layoffs.
People who are "laid off" don't generally know, or admit, when it was performance based so you get all kinds of narratives floating around.
Ask a manager or director (at a big tech SWE company) about layoffs and 100% will say that performance plays a factor in choosing who to layoff.