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		rot13xor on June 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unity is laying off hundreds of employees It's a good view to have. HR stands for human resources. The company views you the same way as a EC2 instance. They make layoff decisions the same way they spin down servers if their AWS bill gets too high.

charcircuit on July 1, 2022 [–]

People aren't identical and they take time to ramp up. You can't just fire someone and then later get back someone exactly as good.

disgruntledphd2 on July 2, 2022 | [–]

Sure, but if you only have cash for one person's wages, that's a cost you can eat in the future, when or if things improve.

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