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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by throwaw12 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:34AM (#35439329)
> These people seem out of touch.

Why? This is basic capitalism, every party cares about their interests. On one side you have companies laying off people to increase profits (some of them have billions in their account), on the other side people walking out to prevent future scenarios for their own interest

> In what scenario does negative feedback from employees change the minds of management? “Oh shit we didn’t know this negatively impacted you all. My bad.”

Imagine a scenario where everyone walks out from that company, would it change the mind of management?

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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by ExoticPearTree on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:02AM (#35439788)
> Imagine a scenario where everyone walks out from that company, would it change the mind of management?

In no scenario this will happen. People have competing interests, and very few actually care what happens job-wise to his/her colleague.

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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by nonethewiser on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:54AM (#35441649)
Cares about their interest. Yes.

Expects Google to do things differently… out of touch. For the exact reason you cite - Google will act out its best interest.

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