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Re:Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 ... by telepathy on Sunday May 12, 2024 @09:39AM (#40334363)
Investors are dumb enough to link employee count with company health, so they have to give them a huge bribe to calm them down
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Re:Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 ... by cobbzilla on Sunday May 12, 2024 @09:58AM (#40334537)
Yes and they even use quantifiable things like revenue per engineer, it’s palliative right?
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