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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by lux-lux-lux on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:31PM (#46416409)
Accepting severance isn’t “liquidating the company,” it’s individuals minimizing risk when leadership is downsizing. Explicitly, in the case of Twitter.
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by lijok on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:36PM (#46416448)
And why would that play out differently?
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by lux-lux-lux on Monday December 29, 2025 @12:39PM (#46423089)
“Accept this money and go or be fired” isn’t remotely comparable to the situation and claiming it is reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of the offer?
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by lijok on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:48PM (#46426885)
That’s not what a voluntary severance offer is nor how the Twitter downsizing worked.
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