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"Bloomberg News is laying off nearly 100 journalists as it restructures its newsroom" Not really a tech layoff. Many more similar examples. Also counting compa

"Bloomberg News is laying off nearly 100 journalists as it restructures its newsroom" Not really a tech layoff. Many more similar examples. Also counting companies rather than jobs doesn't make sense. And the job data is likely centrally collected on FRED.

treyfitty 4y ago
Bloomberg relies on a lot of tech and engineers. Maybe not the News arm, but it’s related enough to Bloomberg that it’s worth calling it a “tech layoff”
- luciusdomitius 4y ago
  Yes, but in this case it explicitly says it is not a tech layoff. So the possible relevance is denied at source.
- digb 4y ago
  Tech companies are like lewdness, we know them when we see them. I’m sure Maersk and Walmart rely a lot on tech and engineers, but no one is calling them tech companies.
  - tomrod 4y ago
    Walmart is as tech as Amazon retail. There is a reason products have barcodes.
    - billyhoffman 4y ago
      And that reason is IBM
      - tomrod 4y ago
        Is it? I'd always heard Walmart was the first adopter of barcodes at scale. EDIT: TIL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode On 20 October 1949, Woodland and Silver filed a patent application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method", in which they described both the linear and bull's eye printing patterns, as well as the mechanical and electronic systems needed to read the code. The patent was issued on 7 October 1952 as US Patent 2,612,994.[1] In 1951, Woodland moved to IBM and continually tried to interest IBM in developing the system. The company eventually commissioned a report on the idea, which concluded that it was both feasible and interesting, but that processing the resulting information would require equipment that was some time off in the future. IBM offered to buy the patent, but the offer was not accepted. Philco purchased the patent in 1962 and then sold it to RCA sometime later.
  - phpnode 4y ago
    Does it matter? The relevant part (to most of us) is whether they're laying off engineers. Almost any company is a tech company these days
hatenberg 4y ago
Tech is a broad field. In news reporting, use of ML is ubiquitous at this point and many roles require strong technical background and development experience. Journalists are only a small part of the newsroom

treyfitty 4y ago

Bloomberg relies on a lot of tech and engineers. Maybe not the News arm, but it’s related enough to Bloomberg that it’s worth calling it a “tech layoff”

luciusdomitius 4y ago
Yes, but in this case it explicitly says it is not a tech layoff. So the possible relevance is denied at source.
digb 4y ago
Tech companies are like lewdness, we know them when we see them. I’m sure Maersk and Walmart rely a lot on tech and engineers, but no one is calling them tech companies.
- tomrod 4y ago
  Walmart is as tech as Amazon retail. There is a reason products have barcodes.
  - billyhoffman 4y ago
    And that reason is IBM
    - tomrod 4y ago
      Is it? I'd always heard Walmart was the first adopter of barcodes at scale. EDIT: TIL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode On 20 October 1949, Woodland and Silver filed a patent application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method", in which they described both the linear and bull's eye printing patterns, as well as the mechanical and electronic systems needed to read the code. The patent was issued on 7 October 1952 as US Patent 2,612,994.[1] In 1951, Woodland moved to IBM and continually tried to interest IBM in developing the system. The company eventually commissioned a report on the idea, which concluded that it was both feasible and interesting, but that processing the resulting information would require equipment that was some time off in the future. IBM offered to buy the patent, but the offer was not accepted. Philco purchased the patent in 1962 and then sold it to RCA sometime later.
- phpnode 4y ago
  Does it matter? The relevant part (to most of us) is whether they're laying off engineers. Almost any company is a tech company these days

hatenberg 4y ago

Tech is a broad field. In news reporting, use of ML is ubiquitous at this point and many roles require strong technical background and development experience. Journalists are only a small part of the newsroom