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The most surprising thing about the MySpace layoffs is not that they fired 500 people but that they had 1500 people to start with. Facebook is bigger (worldwide
by seldo 17y ago
The most surprising thing about the MySpace layoffs is not that they fired 500 people but that they had 1500 people to start with. Facebook is bigger (worldwide) and significantly more complicated and has fewer people than they have, even after the layoffs.
- alex_c 17y agoI don't know how big Facebook is today, but I know last year they were aiming for 1000 employees by December. That's about the same size.
- seldo 17y agoThey are at about 850 right now, last I heard, and I assume they have slowed hiring a little given the economy, but I could be wrong. Either way, it means that before the layoffs MySpace was 50% bigger than Facebook, which is pretty amazing.