Sindarina, Edge Case DetectiveJan 20, 2023

I am annoyed at how much coverage of these recurring "Big Gorilla lays off around 10.000 people" is basically just a rehash of the company press release, with not a single journalist asking how it's possible that all of these big tech companies made the same exact mistake of hiring too many people, while simultaneously showing record profits.

Like, if a 'rigorous review' finds 12.000 redundancies, why does nobody question leadership about how this was allowed to happen?

Not one critical note.

Show threadRachael L
@sindarina The Seattle Times article about the Google one doesn't even talk about corporate profitability or revenue – revenue is up but not as much as they "projected" and they are still profitable AF. Maybe media should be asking why ruining 10,000 families' lives is necessary for a profitable company?
Jan 20, 2023 at 6:38pmWeb