[HN Gopher] Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging on to Employees
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       Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging on to Employees
        
       Author : fortran77
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2025-11-02 19:34 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.wsj.com)
        
       | fortran77 wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/InaW5
        
       | bentt wrote:
       | The era of cheap money led to a lot of mergers and acquisitions,
       | which incentivized companies large and small to bloat to increase
       | their value to prospective buyers.
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       | I really don't think this is AI causing all these layoffs. It's
       | just a return to business fundamentals, but we're in a period of
       | massive inflation and it's getting harder to be profitable.
        
       | AIorNot wrote:
       | Tech has been a bloodbath for past 2 years - and this is how WSJ
       | frames layoffs, lol:
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       | "The job market has softened in recent months, however, marking a
       | safer environment for companies to start streamlining their
       | workforces. "
        
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