Layoffs at Block

Re:Layoffs at Block by poszlem on Friday February 27, 2026 @09:54AM (#47181194)

You can believe that only if you don't care about getting a revolution in your country or extreme populist movements gaining traction. When large numbers of people feel economically disposable, the issue stops being about an individual firm’s right to hire and fire and starts becoming a systemic stability problem.

But if you are okay with getting some heads chopped off with a guillotine from time to time, feel free to believe that.

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Re:Layoffs at Block by singpolyma3 on Friday February 27, 2026 @10:19AM (#47181549)

If firms laying off employs they have no use for causing a stability problem then you do indeed have a systemic stability problem which need much deeper fixes than any one firm can provide.

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Re:Layoffs at Block by socksy on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:59AM (#47194150)

Are you arguing for or against capitalism here?

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Re:Layoffs at Block by DirkH on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:25PM (#47187439)

You sound like you are laying blame at the feet of companies following employment laws when you should be complaining to the government that makes the employment laws the company is abiding by.

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