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It's not some global conspiracy, it just aligns with the end of the ZIRP era. Companies could ignore headcount and hire endlessly just to singla growth to inves
by joe_mamba 9mo ago
It's not some global conspiracy, it just aligns with the end of the ZIRP era. Companies could ignore headcount and hire endlessly just to singla growth to investors, while free money was raining from the sky.
- dingaling 9mo agoAmazon made $17.4 billion profit in Q3 2025 alone. That is, they made so much money they couldn't find any way to spend over five BILLION per month even with this 'excess' headcount.
- readthenotes1 9mo agoAre you saying they should be a charity? Or is this like the old Soviet Union thing where people said they pretended to pay us and we pretended to work?
- joe_mamba 9mo ago>Amazon made $17.4 billion profit in Q3 2025 alone. I think investors would prefer if they made $20 billion profit next quarter. Hence the layoffs.