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Re:Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this yea... by sdoering on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:29AM (#30637634)
Yes it does. But how to people manage that don't make these IT job salaries? How do "regular" Americans survive such an event?
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Re:Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this yea... by heavyset_go on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:55PM (#30646493)
Bankruptcy, or they die from not being able to afford care beyond the stabilization emergency rooms are obligated to give (and bill extremely high for) even without insurance or ability to pay. Plenty of people can't afford chemo, for example, and just die.
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Re:Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this yea... by pixel_tracing on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:39AM (#30638042)
Think you already know the answer to this… :-)
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Re:Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this yea... by Ancalagon on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:02PM (#30643558)
They don't, or they go bankrupt.
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