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quantumfucker t1_j5ddfnb wrote

Reply to comment by warren_stupidity in What High Tech and Media Layoffs Say About the Economy by PleaseThinkFirst

…or maybe sometimes businesses have recessions where they have to reign in spending. I know, rich people bad and big companies bad, but this is just silly levels of dramatic rhetoric.

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5dv43d wrote

And all these tech companies, providing completely different services with the only connection between them being they use the internet, are all conveniently having a downtown at the same time. In different industries. But at the same time. Ok.

Or maybe you don't actually know what you're talking about.

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quantumfucker t1_j5dvn1q wrote

I work in tech buddy, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

It’s more reasonable to assume a lot of these big companies threw a lot of money at acquiring and retaining talent in response to the increased use of remote tech services during COVID, only to find the trends unsustainable later on and having to let go of a fraction of the many people they hired.

Compared to assuming that all these companies coordinated hiring and firing employees for what, the hell of it? Just to say “fuck you” to the working class? This just makes no sense. It’s a loss for them.

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rulesforrebels t1_j5gakll wrote

I also wouldn't call people making upwards of 600k the working class

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5dvt17 wrote

>I work in tech buddy

Yes, because every single person that works in tech knows business. Sure.

"Hey guys, I can design a website! Guess I'm ready to be CEO!"

Buddy

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quantumfucker t1_j5dw5ks wrote

It’s cool how you didn’t respond to anything I said and just got triggered that I said “buddy” lmao

Also, these companies absolutely have a lot of competing services. GCP vs AWS vs Azure. Easy. Google vs Bing, there’s another.

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Revolutionary_Lie539 t1_j5fevdo wrote

That dude/girl/person just refuses to admit Microsoft and Google are competitors. Its laughable that he/she makes a wrong assertion and doesnt know or want to know. Come on man! Email, Office products, messaging, social media (though both kinda failed), data centers, phones, music streaming.

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5dw86a wrote

It's cool how you didn't prove I was wrong lol

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Revolutionary_Lie539 t1_j5f75ya wrote

Give it up girl

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5f9dq7 wrote

"Girl" as an insult. You're classy lmao

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Revolutionary_Lie539 t1_j5fd95d wrote

Its not an insult. Its 2022 I dont assume buddy or girl as insults. But you view it as one says a lot.

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5fjzp9 wrote

>But you view it as one says a lot.

Actually it doesn't lol. I just know your type.

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Revolutionary_Lie539 t1_j5flf6k wrote

Yet you said it was an insult. MS and Google are competitors with direct competing products like email and data centers. Im the type who can accept a fact.

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Ok_Anywhere_1791 t1_j5flur7 wrote

Indirect competition isn't the same as direct competition. It isn't hard to understand.

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Revolutionary_Lie539 t1_j5fmstd wrote

Now you are trolling. Server hosting, and email is direct competition. I have used both Exchange and Gmail at past companies. Ive used servers hosted by Google and MS. Its not hard to understand. Keep pushing your narative and goal post.

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