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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by ricardobeat on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:27PM (#38957504)
Nothing crazy about it if you compare to whats _required by law_ elsewhere. In the Netherlands you’ll get at least 3 months salary, possibly more if the layoffs were negotiated with a works council, an additional N months depending on your years of employment, and healthcare, well, is not tied to your job at all. Nothing extraordinary about it.
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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by xnx on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:40PM (#38957753)
Netherlands seems to do a lot of things right, and I know the US isn't making all the right tradeoffs, but lack of safety net is one of the reasons US pay is higher.
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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by rchaud on Thursday January 11, 2024 @04:39PM (#38959527)
US pay is higher because there is a bottomless pool of VC money in California, not because of onerous hiring regulations.

Discord is wildly unprofitable, it is held up entirely through investor largesse.

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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by matchbok on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:15PM (#38962201)
Things someone who has never built a company says.
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