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15% isn’t very quiet.

• smt88 4y ago
  It is if you don't announce it to the press or even your employees.
  • KptMarchewa 4y ago
    How is this legal? Seems that even USA provides some guarantees that it won't be quiet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notification_Act_of_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraini...
    • lazyasciiart 4y ago
      By categorizing all employees leaving as "discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement", which are explicitly listed as 'not a layoff' in the WARN Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/100/s2527/text https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/100/s2527/text
      • KptMarchewa 4y ago
        I don't think they would be able to justify firing 12000 people for that, but sure, anything can happen under American law.
        • telotortium 4y ago
          I can't imagine Meta winning in the end in California - the courts there are quite employee-friendly in such matters, and FAANG employees can generally afford lawyers.