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Re:Biggest layoffs of 2023: Firms fired employees in jaw-dro... by mypalmike on Saturday December 30, 2023 @06:36AM (#38814448)
In any online discussion of company sizes, someone must mention the furthest outlier in the history of business.
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Re:Biggest layoffs of 2023: Firms fired employees in jaw-dro... by block_dagger on Saturday December 30, 2023 @08:15AM (#38815045)
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Re:Biggest layoffs of 2023: Firms fired employees in jaw-dro... by oblio on Saturday December 30, 2023 @09:06AM (#38815365)
Neither of those (Whatsapp, Instagram were profitable, far from it.

And most companies making billions need thousands of employees, especially software devs need to understand that.

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