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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by ff317 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:32PM (#34727678)
Right, this is the problem. The stock-market / macro-growth figures look good, but /personal/ finances and true cost-of-living look to be in trouble.

If the "solution" is a bunch of layoffs, it's just going to compound the problem. The solution is all these companies that aren't actually dying need to raise wages to match all the recent inflation.

Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by mberning on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:11PM (#34728478)
I think that's the part that many naysayers don't appreciate. When the average family is already under incredible pressure it does not take much to trigger a deep recession. Even if one or two percent of people lose their job right now that is going to translate into a lot of missed debt service, foreclosures, etc.