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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by paxys on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:03AM (#38912920)
Those are two parts of the same problem. If a company is doing layoffs and refusing to hire more who is going to take on the work burden? Obviously existing employees.
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Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 by benterix on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:50AM (#38924204)
> Those are two parts of the same problem. If a company is doing layoffs . . .

Sometimes, yes, but not always - if the load is high enough, employees are overworked even if headcount increases.

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