• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    To be clear, I’m not defeneding this pratice but explaining it. This cycle is how large businesses operate to foster growth over time.

    • Lay off people to tell stock holders they are becoming more efficient.
    • wait
    • Hiring spree, announce new features, new directions, hype hype hype
    • wait
    • Lay offs! Trimming overhead! Streamlining! Much efficency! Good business!
    • wait
    • Hyyyyyyype! Discord announces a plan to replace iMessage, Email and the entire concept of texting! Triples their staff! Such hype!

    Rinse, repeat

    It’s horrific for the employees and a scathing indictment as capitalism as a whole. But, this is how large businesses work, not nessecarily a massive corporate slip up.

    Here is a lawyer explaining the “dance steps” that the game industries is doing as of late.