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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by skydhash on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:15PM (#39181857)
The technology can be sold. As for the people, they entered in a contract with a business. If the business does not pan out, I don't see why they should be "saved". If the failure was due to bad leadership, there will be another company in the same sphere. And the value of these skills is rarely tied to the product itself.
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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by NegativeLatency on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:49PM (#39182354)
That’s a very lopsided agreement. And I’d prefer to live in a society where workers are treated with some level of dignity and respect.
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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by skydhash on Monday January 29, 2024 @04:02PM (#39182545)
Workers rights are orthogonal to socialism for businesses. And there's more opportunity for abuse when companies are "too big to fail". Business survival should be tied to market fit and the ability to attract talent and retain them, not handouts and acquisitions.
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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by lotsofpulp on Monday January 29, 2024 @04:15PM (#39182718)
Workers (people in general) should be taken care of (provided a floor for quality of life) by the government.
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Re:Amazon terminates iRobot deal, vacuum maker to lay off 31... by thfuran on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:44PM (#39182270)
Let them eat cake, amirite?
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