Three or four engineers went silent on the video call that morning, eyes fixed on the screen as the white‑box notification popped up. “We have to reduce headcount,” the note read. It didn’t say how many, but the tone hinted it would slice a huge chunk of the workforce. No one expected the Kafkaesque silence that followed. Workers at the campus lounges were already rustling up makeshift coffee traps, hoping for a response.
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