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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by judge2020 on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:31AM (#29461799)
IMO the issue is that this is right after a funding round.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/better-com-gets-750m-cash-...

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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by DangerousPie on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:54AM (#29462192)
That seems like an odd argument to make. They probably only got that funding because they agreed to slim down their workforce.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by chrisstanchak on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:36AM (#29461894)
Probably a condition of the deal
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by pixelgeek on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:38AM (#29461917)
That would probably be the case. Its not unknown for companies to get funding on those sorts of conditions.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by dmos62 on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:38AM (#29461921)
Right, sounds like an attempt to do a PR stunt.
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