Netflix layoffs hit 6% of staff, mostly tech, legal and HR

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Netflix cuts come to about six percent of its workforce worldwide, and the BBC calls them the steepest at the company since twenty twenty-two.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe company says most of the thousand jobs are in product, tech, legal and human resources, so the people who built the app and the people who handle the paperwork are both on the list.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd TechCrunch says the reason is competition for your attention, which is a polite way of saying you have too many other things to watch.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHuman resources is being cut. Who do they complain to now?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe legal team too. So nobody left to read the terms and conditions you never read.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody reads them.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen the robots will, Hank, and they'll finally agree to everything.