Zoom is cutting about 150 jobs, or close to 2% of its workforce::Zoom on Thursday confirmed that it’s cutting about 2% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to announce layoffs.

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      10 months ago

      What do you expect? Didn’t their CEO say work from home is shit, people don’t get things done that way, and they all need to be in the office?

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        10 months ago

        This is exactly what I expected. Lay offs and return to work policies are smoke and mirrors for managers trying to steady a sinking ship.

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        10 months ago

        In other news the CEO of Philip Morris says, “cigarettes are not cool and kill people.”

        Even if there was any truth to the benefit of a shared workspace, why would this moron advocate for it? I swear CEOs are acting like the Producers more and more every day.

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      10 months ago

      So the company whose product helped facilitate remote work stock has returned to its pre-pandemic price? Not that surprising. Hardly on its last legs.

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        10 months ago

        Yes the markets love stagnation. I bet the investors who bought during the pandemic are thrilled!

        Lay offs must be the start of the journey, right?

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    10 months ago

    Does zoom do a ton more than the meeting app since they have 7500 employees?

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      10 months ago

      Oh yeah! They’re constantly adding new features. Latest I’ve noticed and used is their AI Companion.

      Tried it out with one of our managers. We shot the shit for 45-miuntes, got the transcript an hour later.

      I was more than a little stunned. It caught all the highlights, mostly ignored the bullshitting talk, and provided a great summation of our meeting. I wouldn’t expect a human to have done such a good job. It was kinda eerie.

      And like KazuyaDarklight noted, Zoom is our complete phone system. We’re not big enough for the call center options, but the integrations are there.

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    10 months ago

    capitalist/billionaire/asshole class: “fuck everyone but us…those cogs served their purpose…now we can run the machine without them. We’re the only REAL humans on this planet. No one else has feelings or anything. Clearly we need to do this to save us all. Sorry. Not sorry. I also deserve more money now & I can do this whenever I want because there’s no consequences from the money I am stealing every single day”