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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by Twirrim on Monday July 29, 2019 @05:26PM (#20559623)
Does that particular aspect require full time staff in-situ, though?
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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by Angostura on Monday July 29, 2019 @06:51PM (#20560302)
Just the legal aspects of regulation would. See Uber's struggles in London.
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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by freewilly1040 on Monday July 29, 2019 @08:40PM (#20561025)
Where better to get expertise in a region's culture than the region?
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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by Twirrim on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:49AM (#20562202)
By hiring a local business to do it, rather than hiring a set of full-time staff yourself?

For a company that's about the gig economy, they make some strange staffing choices.

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