ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoGrand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down14
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkGrand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobswww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoWhatever happened to “We’re firing people because we realised we can do the job with fewer workers so we want to save money”? At least then it’s honest.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoHonest would be “We’re firing people to make our short term profits look better. That’s what my bonuses are based on, after all!”.
Whatever happened to “We’re firing people because we realised we can do the job with fewer workers so we want to save money”?
At least then it’s honest.
Honest would be “We’re firing people to make our short term profits look better. That’s what my bonuses are based on, after all!”.