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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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