Amazon to Close 4 of Its 5 US Call Centers, Shifts to Work-from-Home

Re:Amazon to Close 4 of Its 5 US Call Centers, Shifts to Wor... by Larrikin on Saturday October 01, 2022 @02:36PM (#33048842)

I hope Meetup is replaced or fixes their problems. When moving cities or just traveling anywhere for a significant time it was an invaluable tool for meeting people with any kind of similar interest. But COVID crushed it, I don't know the financial particulars, but host I've talked to found it became particularly hard to continue groups that didn't have obvious financial backing (tech meetups that company's pay for to scout workers) or extremely passionate members willing to bear the cost.

I got lucky my previous city had extremely passionate members for my favorite group, but my new city is smaller and I think the fees have either killed the old group or are preventing a new group from forming

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Re:Amazon to Close 4 of Its 5 US Call Centers, Shifts to Wor... by ghaff on Saturday October 01, 2022 @03:32PM (#33049319)

I can't speak to Meetup specifically but my sense is that a lot of activities that were plowing along mostly on momentum pre-COVID had to go on hiatus and with the break in continuity many will never return (although presumably new ones may take their place).

I'm involved with a big greater than century-old outdoor club and even we are more or less just getting back into the swing of things.

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