One way to look at that particular event is companies needed to ramp up on product (Zoom, Teams, <remote tools>). It takes a lot to build a product, less so to

One way to look at that particular event is companies needed to ramp up on product (Zoom, Teams, <remote tools>). It takes a lot to build a product, less so to maintain/operate said product. When the monkeys are finished writing the story on the typewriter, it doesn't take as many monkeys to hit print on the copier. And yes, there are bullshit jobs. Lots of them.