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It sounds like you are confusing being fired with being laid off.

• oblio 5y ago
  Maybe I am. What's the difference and how does it apply to what I'm saying?
  • Wiseacre 5y ago
    Because when you are laying people off and giving them a severance, you are taking more care of them than you would be if you were firing them. That's the entire basis of this comment thread.
    • oblio 5y ago
      Most of the employees in this announcement are in Europe, where there is no "firing" (i.e. at-will employment aka employer abuse). There's only laying off with a severance and firing for cause, where firing for cause is by design <<super>> hard to do. And it's definitely not something that can be done to masses of people at once without all the government authorities coming to pay the offending company a visit ASAP. > That's the entire basis of this comment thread. Not if you figure out the entire context of this event.
      • Wiseacre 5y ago
        You redefined firing to be whatever you want it to be. It's a bit nonsensical to assume all firings are employer abuse.
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