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[–] EdibleFriend 362 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (61 children)

Doesn't even question what employees are possibly doing. Just says there are too many and they must be put out on the street. Says the people who are left are making too much money.

I say this a lot but....seriously....when do we start burning things?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Yeah, I'm not sure I really get this whole "reduce employment" logic. Like if some product just isn't profitable and you lay off the employees you hired to work on it, that's not surprising, but if the employees are doing something profitable, and you actually needed to hire that many to get whatever it was you hired them for done, shouldn't it be more profitable to a company to keep them, even if one had a large number?

[–] Sheeple 17 points 1 year ago

It makes quarterlys look good immediately before the problems show up later

It's the mindset of someone who wants to cash out which is usually all ultracapitalists

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