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Sweet jesus that's a lot of people! I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that many people being fired.
by rosstex 10y ago
Sweet jesus that's a lot of people! I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that many people being fired.
- starving_coder 10y agoThere is a big delta between being fired and being downsized; like core dumps. Some have backtraces, some don't.
- BinaryIdiot 10y ago> There is a big delta between being fired and being downsized I think you originally meant to say "laid off" versus "downsized" as downsized isn't related to the individual employee but to the company has a whole. Still though except for some background check by a government job or unemployment benefits I see little difference between being fired and laid off. Sure there are some differences but I wouldn't call it a big delta at all.
- was_boring 10y agoFurthermore, you can be fired and still collect unemployment. For an individual employee, there is little difference in actual outcome between the two.
- davidiach 10y agoIt also can be easier to find a new job if you're not looking for one at the same time as 14k other people as you.
- mrweasel 10y agoI'm surprised that they have 14,000 working at Cisco. I know it's a big company, but still.
- michaelcampbell 10y agoTotal workforce is around ~73000.