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More Massive Layoffs at AOL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you've-got-a-pink-slip dept.

dawnzer writes "It looks like AOL read the comments from Slashdotters saying that 950 employees do not constitute a 'massive' layoff. Several news sites are reporting that AOL is getting ready to cut 5,000 jobs, or roughly 26 percent of their global workforce. Now that's more like it."

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  1. Re:Now that's more like it?? by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ME TOO!!!!!!

    > You're talking about displacing 5,000 other people from their job, their
    > primary source of income (most likely), and you think that it warrants a "now
    > that's more like it"?
    >
    > I'll bet you'd be a lot less glib about it (and way more pissed off) if it was
    > your job on the line. Especially if you saw people making comments like that!