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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Layoffs make no sense when companies can afford to retain their workers. Layoffs typically hurt companies for 3 years after they happen: https://hbr.org/2022/12/what-companies-still-get-wrong-about-layoffs

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

They's 2.75 years more than next quarter, and that's as far as the horizon is for publicly traded companies.

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