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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by kar5pt on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:14PM (#35471410)
They should have known that an economic downturn was possible and planned for it. Wtf do these C-level execs get paid millions of dollars for?
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by ActorNightly on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:07PM (#35472066)
Preparing means potentially missing out on revenue during the time before the downturn, a.k.a the opportunity cost that I mentioned.
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by kevviiinn on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:07PM (#35472070)
They get paid for lining the pockets of shareholders as effectively as possible quarter to quarter
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by austhrow743 on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:09AM (#35477945)
Why the assumption that they didn't plan for it?
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