Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to Want to Pay You

Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by Tade0 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @05:59AM (#34516874)

> Even as we speak, they’re streamlining, optimizing, and booking the best contractors in the Bay Area for the next eighteen months.

I suppose the author didn't want to sound racist or the equivalent that concerns people of the same skin tone but, somehow, different economic situations and options in life, but over here in Eastern Europe Google and Amazon have been hiring all this time.

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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by arcturus17 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:25AM (#34517972)

As I understood it, the point was that they are laying off people but hiring more expensive contractors instead.

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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by rossitter on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:07AM (#34518364)

The contractors in that joke are for the CEO's kitchen reno:

> ...complicated global factors like [one], [two], and my desire for a marble kitchen island with a waterfall edge. As we all know, our competitors are relentless. Even as we speak, they’re [one], [two], and booking the best contractors in the Bay Area for the next eighteen months.

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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by arcturus17 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:24AM (#34518555)

Ah that makes sense!

The author is a really clever writer. It's a short text but it's packed with little details like that, and shows a great understanding of the tech enterprise domain.

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