Your context was “I didn’t say that!”
The only hedge in that was “somewhat ironic”. “Somewhat” is less than half, isn’t it? And then you filled it out with “when MY office downsizes, they don’t even hire me new assistants! Gasp!” so I was supposed to empathize with you, after you pretended moral superiority by implying you never tab out from your spreadsheet
Jesus Christ.
1) I did not, in fact, say what you've ascribed to me.
2) The context I gave you was partly "I thought you were talking about an IT job" and mostly "these are things that happen." At no point did I endorse (what I, incidentally, consider over-blunt and often ultimately non-smart) corporate "efficiency efforts." But they
happen, which was the point. And one thing they do when they're doing that is assess productivity and capacity. Fucking DUH.
As for the "at my workplace...," that was descriptive of my experience and had zero to do with you or your fucking work or work ethic. And I sure as fuck wasn't looking for your empathy.
As for the "somewhat ironic" reference to "smart" as a descriptor: again, I don't consider efficiency to be an absolute good (thus my scare quotes and reference to irony), but in the corporate world, euphemisms like "right-sizing" or "smart this-or-that" are also not always 100% incorrect. However, they usually don't get it right and often wind up dehumanizing the people who keep the lights on (even the spreadsheeters and chatbot placeholders, who are also people, Mr. Moral Superiority).
If you do not understand the concept of measured judgment, or that a comment might not be all about you, sorry, man.
out to @Battlefield2142EU 
