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Layoffs are about projected profits not past profits.

• gmt2027 4y ago
  So the plane has been flying over valleys at record altitude and we see a couple of mountains ahead that we will easily clear. Despite being absolutely no where near crashing, let's throw a couple of crew overboard so that we can continue to climb to new heights and keep the hype engines of our overvaluation going?
  • pixl97 4y ago
    There was one time that Kodak made record profits and now they exist in name only. "Past performance is not indicative of future results"
    • Apocryphon 4y ago
      These pat responses still elide whether future results are contingent upon drastic action. You simply cannot justify all actions by claiming past success is irrelevant.
      • jayd16 4y ago
        You can't say it's all that matters either.
  • disqard 4y ago
    Maybe you missed the memo, but corporations are supposed to grow exponentially, for all eternity -- never mind the Laws of Thermodynamics (or any other sanity check, for that matter).