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What’s With All the Tech Layoffs?
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Amazon, Google, Facebook and the entire tech sector just laid off tens of thousands of employees. How did America’s fastest growing industry become its most troubled? Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Offline to break it down. She makes the case that while this moment may be particularly bad for tech, for the rest, better days are probably right around the corner.
Released:
Jan 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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