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Sometimes, I wish headlines would be a bit more specific. "Workers" to me implies assembly line workers, whereas the actual layoffs are mostly engineers. I hav
by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Sometimes, I wish headlines would be a bit more specific.
"Workers" to me implies assembly line workers, whereas the actual layoffs are mostly engineers. I have never really heard anyone call engineers, "Workers"...
- lolinder 3y ago> Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers https://nypost.com/2023/01/20/google-parent-alphabet-to-lay-off-12000-workers/ https://nypost.com/2023/01/20/google-parent-alphabet-to-lay-... > Microsoft laid off another 689 workers from its Seattle-area offices Monday https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-cuts-another-689-seattle-area-jobs-amid-cost-reductions/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-cuts-another... > Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/meta-facebook-layoffs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/meta-facebook-...
- wccrawford 3y ago"Workers" doesn't even mean non-managers any more... It's just all employees. The word has lost a lot of nuance.