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pclmulqdq 77 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs

Most of these companies kicked off the over-hiring in 2020 during the COVID boom they experienced. It was done by end of 2021.

rokob 77 days ago [–]

This is actually a false premise pushed later to justify layoffs. They started overhiring in 2018-2019. They just continued a preexisting trend through 2021.

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