• III@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sadly, at the board level, layoffs aren’t seen as a failure. They are preferred.

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      9 months ago

      Then the news should report it as if the company is doing bad. That will make the shareholders freak out.

      “Company X financially looking bad, tries to compensate by laying off essential workers.”

      "Another round of layoffs at Company X, are they on a brink of bankruptcy?

    • plz1@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Oh I’m well aware. My former company just sold my department to an outsource company at the same time they laid off. We are all just numbers.