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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by hanse00 on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:23AM (#22770132)
You think the remaining workers are going to “get back to work faster” just because their colleagues were canned fast?

That’s not how people work.

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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by ProZsolt on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:49PM (#22771280)
Even if I remained, I would start looking for a new job very fast.
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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by cafard on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:06PM (#22771527)
Amen, brother. A demoralized workforce is not a more productive workforce.
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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by heartbeats on Friday April 03, 2020 @03:21PM (#22773073)
If they'd be unsure for a week as to whether they would be fired or not, yes. If they are never uncertain, there is less time in flight.
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