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Absurd Corporate Layoff Logic Satire: The Hiring-to-Fire Paradox

  • Writer: Ravi
    Ravi
  • Oct 23, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Dec 31, 2025

Corporate layoff cartoon depicting the absurd logic of hiring thousands of staff just to meet a massive layoff target; a Kaapi with Ravi original.

The Scenario Corporate decision-making often defies basic arithmetic, and this absurd corporate layoff logic satire captures the peak of that boardroom "weirdness."


In this corporate layoff cartoon, management faces a massive layoff target and decides the best way to hit it is by hiring thousands of new employees first.


It’s a hilarious yet biting look at the "hiring-to-fire" paradox that leaves HR professionals and employees scratching their heads.


The Observation The satire targets the flawed logic of workforce metrics. It critiques a corporate culture where the goal isn't sustainable growth, but simply "hitting the numbers," no matter how convoluted the path.


When leaders treat headcount like a game of Tetris—adding pieces just to clear a line—it exposes the deep disconnect between boardroom spreadsheets and human reality.

“In some boardrooms, hitting a layoff target by hiring more people is seen as 'strategic alignment'; everywhere else, it’s just basic math failing in real-time.”

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