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Who needs morale? Fear and uncertainty are effective motivators.



They unleash a lot of undesirable and uncontrollable behaviors in the organization. It’s incompetence and hubris to think otherwise.


Motivators to start updating your resume, maybe.


But if you're in the MANGAsphere, and they're all doing layoffs, the fear is a big motivator because it's not trivial for you to just pick up another job that pays as well.


For internal politicking and risk aversion sure




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