Why I chose to keep my team over layoffs

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🌎 Helping companies hire global talent at Athyna 📚 170,168 founders, investor and leaders in tech read my newsletter Open Source CEO 🦄 Investor in interesting & important things

Over the last three years, my startup, Athyna, has come frightfully close to making layoffs more than once. But instead of taking the easy out—we backed our team in. Maintaining your team means you: 1/ Keep culture at a high 2/ Retain institutional knowledge Two things that are insanely valuable in high performing companies. Too many founders take the easy road. This is the wrong road.

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Susanne Ekström

I Help CEOs Build Their Bottom-Line & Have Fun While Doing It (SMEs) | +$30M Client Profit Generated in the Last 5 Years | #1 International Best-Selling Author

2mo

ohhhh, that's terrible stats. Thanks for sharing them

Caleb Lee

✝️ Founder @ CHL Growth | Ghostwriter for founders & coaches building predictable pipeline and expanding visibility through LinkedIn

2mo

Being committed to your team means they'll be more committed to you.

Tom Alder

Founder of Strategy Breakdowns

2mo

Backing your team in tough times builds loyalty money can't buy! Strong move 💪

Alex Banks

Building a better future with AI

2mo

Easy now, hard later. Or hard now, easy later.

Josh Lothman

CEO @The Ads Tutor | Expert Ads Manager | 15+ Years Driving Real Results | Customized 1:1 Ads Tutoring | Check out My Featured Section ↴

2mo

Backing your team when it’s tough isn’t just loyalty, it’s a long-term play most skip. 

Amazing culture is never worth sacrificing.

Isaac Peiris

Founder of Pistachio.so | Build trust. Drive growth.

2mo

You can rebuild revenue faster than you can rebuild trust 🙌

That’s one of many reasons why we’re ready to go "many extra miles" for you and Athyna.

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Andrew Aziz

Girl Dad | Husband | BreezeJobFinder.com | Breeze Unlimited | Recruiting Expert | Life Long Learner | Featured Speaker | Talent Acquisition Mentor

2mo

Bill, supporting teams keeps culture strong; job seekers appreciate that stability.

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