• Punkie@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Layoffs are not bad press. Not to the shareholders, the only ones who matter to these types. I used to think “oh, layoffs mean the company isn’t doing so good,” but shareholders see “they reduced cost but lost no customers, thus increasing value of the company should it be sold.”

    • The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      I hate that that’s the case.

      I’ve been trying to lose weight, so I chopped off my leg just below the knee. I’m several pounds down, and I didn’t have to stop eating even a calorie. It’s amazing.

      The only issue is that now I don’t have a leg and exercise may be difficult….

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        1 hour ago

        I’m sure the other leg can make up for it, and it should be grateful for the extra work.

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          And you’re still alive right? /s. Akin to the people who said Musk’s firing of twitter employees was a genius move because the site was “still running” after all that.