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Re:The layoffs at Klarna by throwaway859383 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:01PM (#32461387)
Up until a massive expansion push some years ago, Klarna used to be a profitable company. It expanded from 3200 employees in 2019 to the 7000 that are there now. They also started spending money on experiments that had not much to do with the core business.
Re:The layoffs at Klarna by indymike on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:25PM (#32461596)
Employee count may be the worst business metric of all time.
Re:The layoffs at Klarna by ImPostingOnHN on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:16PM (#32462051)
depends, for what?

it is a good metric for number of employees you employ :)

Re:The layoffs at Klarna by throwaway98797 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:20PM (#32462082)
money raised is better (worse)