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According to a recent Business Insider report, IT industry leaders are rewriting their internal policies, signaling a shift toward heightened accountability and ruthless efficiency. The new memorandums from Meta, Google, and Microsoft reveal a stark reality: underperformers are out, and the corporate game is getting tougher.","These policies paint a grim picture of Big Tech’s new reality: a hyper-competitive environment where only the strongest survive.","The days of cushy perks and job security are fading, replaced by a culture of relentless performance reviews, strategic layoffs, and unforgiving metrics.","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The era of leniency in Big Tech&rsquo;s workforce management is over. 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