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Laid-off masses have a message for Zuckerberg, Benioff: We'll never come back (fortune.com)

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[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Salesforce laid off about 10% of its workforce earlier this year, but now CEO Marc Benioff is encouraging those people to apply to fill its 3,000-plus open roles.

American corporatism is truly mindboggling.

How can someone be a CEO when he cannot think a 9 month ahead? Also nobody can tell me that this is economic in the slightest.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's either a scummy way to reset the pay ladder or true stupidity. Maybe both.

I'm reminded of an article that explains this bout of layoffs as more of a trend than anything else:

https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"Hey Beni! Looks like you're on the wrong side of the labor market!"