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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by datavirtue on Saturday January 11, 2025 @12:46PM (#42667519)
At work it is clear. 25% growth per year or we are all out of work. What more do you need, we are all in the same boat from the CEO on down.

We used to run companies and share stock. Now private equity hands out money and goals and if the goals aren't met your company that is doing great and turning 15% per year evaporates on the next recap.

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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by mcmcmc on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:36PM (#42667946)
If you have to grow 25% every year just to stay afloat, I hate to break it to you but your business model is shit
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by santoshalper on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:04PM (#42668144)
I think he's saying they have to grow 25% per year to please their PE overlords.
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by mcmcmc on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:12PM (#42668198)
Ah. Well then yeah, I think it’s safe to say the business model of PE wealth extraction is broken. That or businesses that need to take on PE funding are probably not very sound.
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by TeMPOraL on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:50PM (#42668819)
PE is what happens when a company dies - PE is how the carcass of the company rots.
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by datavirtue on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:18PM (#42668246)
Private equity is not happy with 15% because they can get that by parking their money in a REIT. They are shooting for the moon, period. Once you take their money their is no backing out. It's to the moon or close up shop.
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by throwaway2037 on Sunday January 12, 2025 @08:37AM (#42673438)
What REITs have 15% return? That seems improbable.
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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:30PM (#42667897)
I'm not out of work just because one company goes under, though
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