Re:Twilio is firing 17% of workforce
by jedberg on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:33PM
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> even those who didn't have a clear 'pandemic angle' like Twilio.
Twilio absolutely had a pandemic angle -- they help provide telephony to people outside of the office. As people suddenly moved home, they needed a way to get their phone calls forwarded to all their employees and other related telephony.
Re:Twilio is firing 17% of workforce
by jjeaff on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:16PM
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Yes, and not to mention all the notifications for all these different communication apps that people were using more and more and all the new remote work tool startups that use telephone, texting, and other notification services that Twilio offers.
Twilio absolutely had a pandemic angle -- they help provide telephony to people outside of the office. As people suddenly moved home, they needed a way to get their phone calls forwarded to all their employees and other related telephony.