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Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking by alberth on Saturday December 30, 2023 @10:18PM (#38821427)
> ”Note the subtle shift”

It’s not subtle. It’s overt & being externally communicated.

Wall Street this past year began crushing non-profitable companies.

The pendulum has swung back from the years where growth was all that mattered.

It’s now back to focus on profitability.

The pendulum will swing back again at some point as well.

It’s cyclical.

Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking by isignal on Sunday December 31, 2023 @12:36AM (#38822083)
Microsoft, Facebook, google, Apple, Amazon etc are all hugely profitable companies. If anyone can afford to ride out wall streets short term thinking, it is them.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking by throwup238 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:16PM (#38826152)
The executives running the companies can't afford it. Their bonuses depend on meeting certain expectations.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking by nova22033 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @11:14AM (#38825040)
Wall Street this past year began crushing non-profitable companies.

i.e. people stopped buying shares in non-profitable companies.. would you want stock in non-profitable companies in your retirement account? I wouldn't

Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking by x86x87 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @12:51PM (#38825945)
Do you want stocks in companies that are profitable but do so at the expense of their own future?