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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by dotBen on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:30PM (#23015003)
"planning to be profitable" in this situation means that the financials are losing less money each month and at an identifiable point in time breakeven and beyond will occur.

It doesn't mean "at some point I intend to change some things and hope it makes the business profitable" in the same way "I plan on getting a haircut".

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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by arcticbull on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:32AM (#23015388)
To be fair I was planning on getting a haircut before the world shut down a few months ago. Things aren't looking great up there haha. Now, I plan on getting a haircut in the same way a startup founder plans on achieving profitability: ideally, at some point, before it falls out.
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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by rightbyte on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @01:59AM (#23015884)
So, they are going to do a haircut after summer or ask their mom to do it now?
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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by arcticbull on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @02:06AM (#23015923)
A "ramen profitable" haircut if you will.
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