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		neom on Feb 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire l... Apple went public in 1980, Google went public in 2004. Apple has seen many more cycles than Google and Amazon. I'd suggest they're a little more gelled out?

1sembiyan on Feb 10, 2023 [–]

This doesn’t explain Microsoft, which is just as old and laid off as much people.

hnfong on Feb 13, 2023 | [–]

Apple had a near death experience in the 1990s.

Microsoft was profitable all along (I think).

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