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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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