Airtable plans large layoffs as tech sheds 14,000 jobs

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAirtable, a Bay Area tech company, is planning layoffs according to the New York Post, which reports a large number of employees will be affected.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLarge. Not a number, Hank, a size, like a pizza or a hurricane.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe industry has now lost more than fourteen thousand jobs this year. That one is an actual number.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFourteen thousand people, and the company can't spare one digit for its own workers. Imagine getting the news as an adjective.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFourteen thousand dollars in rent, basically, for a lot of families, and pumpkin spice season won't bring it back.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNext quarter the email says significant. After that, a lot. Then just, hey.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHey.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe stock market took a beating today, with the Nasdaq down one point nine nine percent. Your four zero one k noticed, but your burrito didn't.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFunny how the only exact figure in the building is the one about the people leaving it.