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Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 106 points 11 months ago (3 children)

To be clear, I'm not defeneding this pratice but explaining it. This cycle is how large businesses operate to foster growth over time.

  • Lay off people to tell stock holders they are becoming more efficient.
  • wait
  • Hiring spree, announce new features, new directions, hype hype hype
  • wait
  • Lay offs! Trimming overhead! Streamlining! Much efficency! Good business!
  • wait
  • Hyyyyyyype! Discord announces a plan to replace iMessage, Email and the entire concept of texting! Triples their staff! Such hype!

Rinse, repeat

It's horrific for the employees and a scathing indictment as capitalism as a whole. But, this is how large businesses work, not nessecarily a massive corporate slip up.

Here is a lawyer explaining the "dance steps" that the game industries is doing as of late.

[โ€“] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Damn, this was very insightful. Thx for sharing!!! ๐Ÿ˜

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