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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by kungato on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:44AM (#23017266)
I wouldn't be surprised if they laid off 90%. They have the app and infra probably finished and stable, established brand, they tried all the markets they could, lawsuits should be over by now. They should just lay off, reduce fees and use the brand for market share
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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by hammeiam on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:06AM (#23017419)
Would you be surprised if AirBnb laid off 90%? Or Google? Or Amazon? It's already built, right, so why do they need so many people just to keep the lights on?
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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by bewareandaware on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:04AM (#23018122)
Probably just keeping the lights on won't cut it when a competitor arises, and by then they would have run a opportunity loss.
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