| ▲ | suralind 5 hours ago | |
Sucks for the people to lose their jobs, but probably the most honest message you’ll ever see. What I don’t understand is why. There’s a natural churn at each company. Of course it’s not 40%, but probably 4-5% per year, but I doubt the company freezes hiring and they are not pressured to do this. | ||
| ▲ | sealeck 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> probably the most honest message you’ll ever see Interesting that this is your takeaway; it seems that this is effectively an investor-friendly way to admit that Block hired too many people over the course of the pandemic and doesn't necessarily have obvious expansion/growth (that would require people to write more software) on the roadmap. "Oh the business isn't going too well so we need to lay people off" - said no CEO ever, but "AI go brrrr" makes investors happy! | ||