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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by tephra on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:43AM (#34452996)
In a similar vein, I would like to know what the "and I take full responsibility for this" line that CEOs always say in these emails actually looks like besides just saying it in the email.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by TheCleric on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:59AM (#34453183)
It's the corporate version of "It's not you, it's me." breakup line.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by htrp on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:03AM (#34453244)
"It's not you, it's me, but I'm still deciding to breakup with you"
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by brookst on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:53AM (#34453112)
That’s it. It just means that they are making a point of not blaming their reports (“today is a tough day, especially because Bob over-hired in marketing and Kate talked me into that engineering expansion”)
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