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		astrange 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Dilbert Afterlife It's very difficult to fire people in many places. They would prefer you leave on your own.

paulpauper 18 days ago [–]

facebook seemed to have no trouble firing lots of people in 2022-2023

astrange 18 days ago | | [–]

Mass layoffs are different legally. Hard to do those in other countries though.

mcmoor 18 days ago | | [–]

I mean it sounds like they're firing tons of people, competent and incompetent. If it's the only way to do it, no wonder the incompetent doesn't get fired.

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