SquishMallow

joined 9 months ago
[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You are correct in that numbers leading into Covid rose dramatically and started to fall off over the last, I wanna say, year and a half or so. Still larger than before. I do not have anything against hiring and firing on a by need basis. However, I do think that's gone too far in this instance. When you have 15-20k people being let go at multiple organizations, there's something wrong with the decision process in the first place imo.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (15 children)

In a state where corporatism dominates everything and the reins are minimal. We allow corporate A to get away with more than we deem appropriate for the sake of preserving the bottom line. This gives them leverage to do it again and again or to intensify. It also showcases to corporation B that this abuse is at an apparent acceptable threshold, with room to probably get away with a bit more. It's an abusive cycle that will continue to demolish the well being of more and more people until proper reins are put in place.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago (19 children)

Ah right. Gotta continue letting them get away with whatever they want or we might hurt the bottom line. This thinking is part of why we're here.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sure you can. We could limit the work week to 32 hours, pay higher salaries such that homes and goods are affordable again.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I highly doubt that. They are open-sourcing a small suite because it is economical to do so. Closed source means constantly having to re-train newcomers. Normalizing VsCode and friends will go a long ways. Same thing Google did with their IT certs.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fair, but let's be honest, most of the time a partner may not want to hear about a solution because they first want compassion and understanding. Be willing to listen, and your partner will talk about a solution when they are ready.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Right. My point is that their response will have a large impact on other demographics. Their attempt is likely to backfire over time.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

What? A cue being solely sufficient to make a decision and a cue bei g used in conjunction with other things are two separate things.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not referring to the people not giving anything. More people will leave that originally watched ads.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The day that happens, I'd rather die

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No dude. Sound and air pressure are cues as well.

[–] SquishMallow@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

YouTube surprised at sudden lack of consumers

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