Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more

Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by ashtonkem on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:44PM (#23024757)

Pushing people off of unemployment insurance, which it’s generally assumed that some states are doing, all while there is no work to go to isn’t a recipe for a depression, it’s a recipe political catastrophe. In a weaker democracy this stuff would trigger a revolution, and I’m starting to get worried about ours.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by chasd00 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:18PM (#23025145)

this is why a lot of people have raised their eyebrows over the cost of shelter in place vs the risk of Covid19 infection. I'm glad it's becoming more visible, a few weeks ago you'd be shouted down for even suggesting the economic and political consequences of shelter in place could be catastrophic.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by coleifer on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:58PM (#23026038)

Virus going to do what it's going to do. People can choose to stay home but this shelter in place stuff is wrecking the lives of the poor and the people who are most vulnerable.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by seattle_spring on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:24PM (#23026530)

Pretty sure healthcare costs and, you know, being dead might affect them more than losing their job.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by dbsmith83 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:46AM (#23027802)

Like choose to kill old people?

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by Gibbon1 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:28AM (#23027998)

It's perfectly okay to advocate for killing old people on HN as long as you do it politely. But sarcasm is verboten.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by coleifer on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:10AM (#23031663)

No, like choose to follow Sweden's example.

Time will show.

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by dbsmith83 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:31AM (#23031952)

Wake up, the data is already there.

Here is one example: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/europe/sweden-coronavirus-loc...

"The death rate in Sweden has now risen significantly higher than many other countries in Europe, reaching more than 22 per 100,000 people, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, controlled for population. By contrast, Denmark has recorded just over seven deaths per 100,000 people, and both Norway and Finland less than four."

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Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more by ashtonkem on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:29PM (#23025284)

There is a 0% chance of me returning back to regular life until I feel safe, no matter what politicians say.

I think the advocates for reopening the economy vastly overestimate the ability for political leaders to do that via dictat.

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