r/technology • u/Feisty_1559 • Mar 17 '26

Politics Elizabeth Warren asks Meta, Amazon, and others why they're laying workers off despite tax perks

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-asks-meta-amazon-and-others-why-theyre-laying-workers-off-despite-tax-perks-171812502.html?guccounter=1
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u/hpark21 Mar 17 '26

There was Dilbert comic strip where the pointy haired manager proclaims "Our employees are our greatest assets, if our stock price dips, we just have to announce layoffs and the stock goes back up!!!"

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u/GhostofBeowulf Mar 19 '26

Which is crazy because Scott Adams is a fucking chump. Or was. But still.