I think that in this case the percentages will be much higher

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Seems like a perfectly reasonable take.. If you want to give jobs to people, you should be the one to pay them.

So all those YouTube ads, for that measly slice of revenue?

Alphabet paid nearly $19 billion in taxes, according to cash taxes paid on the cashflow statement (a much better proxy for income taxes paid).

That equates to ~26.5%. 65% higher than your average tax rate, and higher than the 21% corporate income tax rate.

What is a "salary from university"?

Do you use those 30 euros to drink in Helsinki or in Tallinn? :D

2 if in the city center.

The issue I have is that these companies have clearly internalized a belief that layoffs are a tool with no downside and embrace them casually as a part of deliberate, planned strategies.

They didn't need to hire that aggressively. And if any pressure against layoffs existed, they almost certainly wouldn't have.

Layoffs are a part of the trend towards "blitzscaling", which I think is irresponsible in startups, but unconscionable in established firms.

Look at those numbers! They grew their staff 23% in 2018? And then 20, and then 13, and then 15... The company is 24 years old! There is no reason for them to be trying to double in four years! Especially not in the midst of a global upheaval.

My point is that the hiring managers were paying people to relocate in 2022 when they knew that many of those people were likely going to be out of a job within months. We need to stop normalizing this kind of labor economy. Think of the kids who have to move to new schools only to suddenly have an out of work parent while they're trying to reorient themselves. We build the economy. There's no reason to make it so heartless.

weird take but ok

probably very true, social media platforms are notoriously hard to profit off of

Uzbekistan the greatest country in the world.

All other countries are run by little girl. Number 1 exporter of planes to New York, at least more than the Kazakhstan.

I think you're right that they're acting as a herd to reduce negative exposure, but I don't think they're removing dead weight. I think they're shedding weight, regardless of whether it's dead or not. From what I've read, the goal clearly prioritized reducing the size of the company over specifically removing low performing individuals or projects.

>So its greedy for a company to fire labor they determine don't need?

First, I don't think you mean "need".

Most profitable companies don't need most labor. They gain value from it, but that's different than needing it. I think what you mean to ask is, 'Is it greedy for them to terminate workers if they conclude it's a good financial decision?'

And the answer is that it's subjective. I think it's absolutely a demonstration of greed, but I try to work in objective measures.

I think objectively, the costs of this action are very, very high, unless you strip worker well-being and the well-being of our society at large entirely from the cost assessment equation.

It is interesting that there’s a flight to Australia, but not New Zealand

The Bonnie Rait sign is true artwork. Not saying any of the other songs aren’t. I listened to Just Like That for the first time last night and it was emotionally captivating. Great subject matter, great story telling, emotionally connects…makes for a great song.

Source: Myself / personal diary tracking + Letterboxd
Tool: Google Sheets + Letterboxd's Stats page.

Admittedly, little here is very "beautiful" - but I just shared this data over to /r/Letterboxd, and thought some of you might find a chart or two interesting to look at! Anyway, thanks for reading!

Around 16%.

That must be like 4 pints there

Just listened. Meh…

The nuclear / non nuclear debate is always interesting. I do believe it is a valid case for base load, however we need to resolve the fuel lifecycle issue.

Funny enough solar/batteries also have a lifecycle issue, but its one of cost, not of hazard.

Then I misinterpreted what you said, my apologies.

Is it an issue that one axis is logarithmic and the other is linear? I don't have much experience with mixing scales.

Calling a disfunctional nobles' oligarchy a "democracy" is a helluva take. It actually led to more and more inequality and there was literal slavery of the noble class over peasants ("pańszczyzna"). They OWNED them and had the right of life or death over them.

There's a lot of latent xenophobia. I grew up as one of the few kids in Poland with an obviously Jewish name and it was all kinds of awful, especially coming from a few teachers. Although younger generations are way better.

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